The heartbroken family of a man who died hours after struggling to breathe at night have paid tribute to him.
Andy Forbes, from Widnes, sadly lost his life on April 8 at the age of 35, the Liverpool Echo reports.
His sister Katie Kearney, 38, described him as "cheeky chappy" who "was always trying to make everyone laugh".
Andy, who was a huge Liverpool fan, suffered from a number of underlying health conditions as a result of a tragic motorbike accident when he was 17.
The incident left him paralysed from the neck down and caused him to suffer from respiratory conditions.
Katie said that two days before he died, Andy had started suffering from a cough and was struggling to breathe.
In his last post on Twitter before his death, Andy also complained of having stomachache.
Katie said: "He'd had problems with his chest for the last couple of years but the night before he passed away he started to feel really unwell.
"We got the paramedics out to see him because he was struggling to breathe.
"He had a bad cough but they checked all of his stats and they said he was fine and that his oxygen levels were normal."
She added: "The only thing they noticed was that he had high blood pressure. But then at 1pm the next day he was struggling to breathe again.
"He was hallucinating and he asked my mum to get an ambulance.
"While we were waiting for it to arrive he passed away."
Katie said her brother's cause of death was respiratory failure and he was not tested for coronavirus.
She said: "He's left a massive hole in all of our lives.
"It's like having a bad dream that you can't wake up from.
"He will be missed so much."
Katie said Andy was a massive Liverpool fan whose dream was to watch Liverpool win the league.
She said: "He said 'I just want to see them win the league then I'll be happy'.
"He loved football. When he was in hospital after the motorbike accident, Steven Gerrard came in to visit him and he sent him birthday cards for a few years after that and so did his mum and dad.
"He spent a lot of his time watching football or studying history and politics on the computer.
"He was always making people laugh and he saw the funny side in everything.
"He was a mischievous, cheeky chappy."
She added: "He was brilliant with his niece and nephew. He would watch the football with my son and he'd sit and talk to my daughter and ask her about school.
"They thought the world of him."
A funeral was held for Andy on April 22, at Widnes Crematorium, which 12 family members were allowed to attend.
Other friends and family members lined the streets outside the crematorium while adhering to social distancing rules.
Katie added: "My mum and dad have taken some of his flowers from the funeral to Anfield.
"We've been blown away by the response we've had on Twitter since we posted that Andy had died.
"We've had thousands of messages from people that knew him."
