A dad who has been in hospital for nine months battling Covid has only just returned home.
Mark Moore, 59, was admitted to hospital with coronavirus in January this year and just a few days later he was placed into an induced coma due to serious complications.
His daughter, Paighton, spoke to Nottinghamshire Live back in June in a bid to warn people how the virus can affect even the healthiest of people.
At the time Mr Moore, who worked at the Pork Farms factory in Nottingham and lives in Gedling, was unable to speak himself.
In the months following he has been forced to learn to walk and talk all over again.
Having finally returned home for the first time on September 7, he was able to share his feelings as he continues to recover.
"The recovery has taken its time," he said.
"It has been on my mind when I will be able to walk again, but I am getting stronger. I keep trying to walk further and I hope I will be able to walk again.
"It was really strange coming home and everything had changed. It was a bit scary at first.
"[Covid] is still out there. People are trying to ignore it and thinking it is going away, but it is not going away. It is getting worse.
"I'm still scared of it. I cannot afford to get it again. It has been a nightmare. It is still a nightmare.
"It is awful. I cannot understand some people thinking it is all a lie. Believe me it's not."
Mr Moore, 59, was first admitted to hospital on January 6.
He was sent home after initial tests but later returned on January 9.
Just five days later he was placed into an induced coma.
After months recovering he was transferred from City Hospital, the Linden Lodge Neuro rehab department, to the Queen's Medical Centre on August 28.
Mr Moore was told he would be in hospital until at least Christmas this year, but beat the odds and is now at home.
The family thanked the Polly's Poppadoms charity, based in Clifton, which arranged a curry night for Mr Moore upon his return home and raised money for his continued recovery.
"It has been really hard," Paighton, who has two older brothers, Jordan and Brandon, added.
"He was not supposed to come home so soon. He is still in a wheelchair and using a zimmerframe."
