A Nottingham man was finally able to leave hospital on Friday after a 110 day battle with Covid-19.
Sixty-five-year-old Mick Pickering, from Newthorpe in Nottinghamshire, contracted the coronavirus back in April and was admitted to hospital on 4 May suffering symptoms of lethargy, loss of appetite, shivers and feelings of sickness and diarrhoea.
Mr Pickering was put into an induced coma five days after being admitted before being put onto a trachea which he remained on for 41 days until it was finally removed.
Thanks to care from nurses and physicians at Nottingham City Hospital and support from his wife Patsy, he was moved from intensive care onto a ward on 14 July and finally to rehab at Linden Lodge on 30 July.
Mr Pickering's condition has improved greatly and he is now able to walk independently, talk, wash himself and make an all-important cup of tea.
However, he still has a long way to go, his breathing is still limited and he faces several weeks of physiotherapy to gain full mobility.
Mr Pickering is head of dementia support at The Grand, a care home in West Bridgford, that is part of the New Care group..
Many of Mr Pickering's colleagues and members of the New Care management team attended his discharge, applauding and cheering as he left the hospital.
Mr Pickering said: “Seeing everyone outside, it was amazing.”
