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“I am not a sick aunt, I am a tough aunt who has been sick”
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Husbands Kristina and Johnny began to feel hung up and called 112.
In each ambulance, they were transferred to the hospital and IVA.
Only Kristina was allowed to return home.
– When I woke up from the respirator, the children told me that Johnny was dead, he says.
They lived together for 57 years. Now Kristina finds it difficult to accept that there will be no more years with Johnny.
The couple lived with the dog Cilla in a villa on the outskirts of Västervik. One day in May, at the same time, they began to feel like they were hanging with cold symptoms and contacted SOS. At that time, they were considered healthy for hospital care.
– Two days later it got worse. And the kids told us to call back. Then two ambulances came and picked us up, says Kristina.
Johnny, 78, and Kristina, 75, were transferred to the hospital in Västervik, but due to lack of VAT places, they were transferred to Länssjukhuset in Kalmar, Corren reported.
Kristina was put to sleep on a respirator, but not Johnny. He was deemed too bad to handle.
– There was no experience of horror in the respirator. I lay down like a pod and lived in a water world with human dolphins, you could say. They patted me on the cheek and asked how I was doing. I’ve heard of many having nightmares and I’m happy and grateful that I let it go, she says.
Next to her lay Johnny. In hindsight, you have been told that you reacted when he heard your voice. She herself does not remember.
Photo: Stefan Jerrevång
Kristina Jonsson, 75, lost her husband Jonny to COVID-19 in June. He put them asleep on a respirator.
“I wanted to sit next to him”
Kristina was treated on a respirator for more than 14 days. During that time, however, Johnny. At 02:23 on the night before the summer solstice, he took his last breath.
– It was very tragic. I wanted to take his hand, pat him on the cheek, and tell him how much I liked him. Now it didn’t happen. But I’m glad my kids were still with him at the last minute, he says.
When Kristina woke up a few days later, her children told her that their father had not survived.
– I probably haven’t gotten it yet. Especially not then. I wasn’t, so to speak, fully involved and just took in what they said, not understanding the scope, she says.
At the same time, Kristina is careful to emphasize that she is not a victim, despite what has happened.
– I still survived the disease. My daughter kept a journal while we were sick. It is in front of my house and I look at it several times a week, sometimes several times a day. It is a way of processing and knowing what happened when you were not conscious. It has been my lifeline, she says.
Photo: STEFAN JERREVÅNG
Johnny turned 78 years old.
“I miss him. I really do.”
Kristina describes Johnny as happy and helpful, never grumpy or long-suffering.
– He was a very positive life partner. She worked a lot but at the same time she took care of her children and her family. I really have nothing negative to say about him. And I miss it. I really do, she says.
Now Kristina lives alone in the villa with Cilla and faces the next challenge. To fend for yourself.
– We had our lives quite divided. I cooked, Johnny washed the dishes. We cleaned up together, Johnny made sure my car worked. Now I have to do everything myself. I have to deal with it because reality is like that. And I will continue to live to honor my husband, she says.
Kristina emphasizes the importance of everyone in society truly understanding the scope of the pandemic and its consequences.
– You must listen to the advice, take responsibility and above all think about it. It is not just a “me”, but a “we”. Together we are the ones who must fight this pandemic. I took notes while I was lying in the hospital bed. I have written there that those who do not heed the advice should be ashamed, and I still believe it today.
Photo: LOTTE FERNVALL
Kalmar County Hospital.
“I’m a tough chick who’s been sick”
Five months have passed since Kristina was declared free of covid-19. But the trauma did not end there. One day he collapsed at home.
– He had a track scar. It settled over my windpipe and caused me to have only 30 percent breathing capacity. I was going to have surgery, but on the operating table they told me I had pneumonia. Now, in late October, it finally happened, he says.
Kristina gradually recovers and feels better, while traces of the covid-19 remain.
– Johnny and I used to go for walks. I started at one end, he and Cilla at the other, and then we met in the middle. These are the little things that make life a little more fun and different. Now I want to continue doing everything I did before. I survived and have been given a second chance.
– I think about what my daughter said when she described a doctor to me. I am not a sick aunt, I am a tough aunt who has been sick.
Photo: STEFAN JERREVÅNG
Kristina and Johnny lived together for 57 years.
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