direct to your inboxA previously fit and healthy young dad said he came close to death three times after contracting Covid-19.
James Lawless, 35, spent over 60 days in a coma and had to be placed on a ventilator at Wythenshawe Hospital after developing pneumonia.
His girlfriend Melissa was told to say goodbye to her partner on three occasions, as doctors believed the dad-of-two wouldn't pull through.At one point, he was the youngest and sickest patient being cared for at the hospital's intensive care unit.Miraculously, nearly four months after contracting coronavirus, James was finally discharged to his home in Wythenshawe this week.He has lost four stone and is having to teach himself to walk again.
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