A football-loving grandad struck down by coronavirus stunned his family after he woke up from a five-day coma and demanded to know his team's score.
Ross Fenwick, 63, spent six weeks battling the deadly bug in an intensive care unit at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary.
After being placed on a ventilator, he was put into an induced coma just before the UK went into lockdown, the Daily Record reports.
When he woke, one of the first things he asked was how his beloved Hibs FC were doing, unaware that the pandemic had led to the cancellation of football games worldwide.
"It’s been a really tough six weeks, a massive rollercoaster and so worrying," his daughter-in-law Siobhan explained.
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"What we went through was hell and it started at the very beginning, so Ross never knew about lockdown or anything until last week.
"One of the first things he said was ‘what about Hibs?, how’s Hibs?’ And we were like, ‘Hibs aren’t playing!’
"One of the nurses sat down and told him about the world and what’s been going on, which was lovely, and he’s been finding out bits from people every day."
Mr Fenwick - who is now piecing the last six weeks together - was initially diagnosed with a chest infection by his GP when he first became unwell at the end of March.
When his condition deteriorated, he was diagnosed with coronavirus and he was rushed to hospital in an ambulance.
Despite the grandad always having been fit and healthy, Siobhan and her golfer husband Neil feared the worst.
She says the family were "ill with worry" as he fought for his life in hospital.
Siobhan, 34, who says Mr Fenwick is "like a dad" to her, continued: "Ross is a full on busy dad who still works and does so much for everyone, he does all my DIY and he absolutely dotes on our son, Louie.
"He does get chest infections, and the doctor had told him the week before not to worry, so he thought it was just another one.
"Usually we speak all of the time but it was really hard to get hold of him all that week, he just kept sleeping and wasn’t phoning us back, then making out it wasn’t as bad as it was, so we were worried.
"He just seemed floored by it and wasn’t getting any better so we arranged a visit from his GP and the next minute he was away in the ambulance.
"It was scary."
Siobhan described waiting for updates on his condition as like "going to hell and back".
"We’ve been through every emotion you can think of," she continued.
"Everything they’re talking about on the news, we’re living it, the things on the telly, that’s us, we had to stop watching the news after a while, we just couldn’t deal with it.
"We were told it was touch and go a few times, you just don’t know what to think.
"We were constantly crying and knackered and you want to do something but you can’t go and see him, you can’t make it better, can’t take it away or give him a magic pill.
"There’s physically nothing you can do and you feel so out of control, it was awful.
"But now we’ve hit this turning point, it’s just amazing, we’ve got a spring in our step."
Thankfully, Mr Fenwick was finally moved from the ICU unit where he had been for more than one month this week.
He left to a round of applause from the medics who saved his life.
His son Neil has been allowed to visit for the first time, and is now enjoying watching his dad get back to his old self.
Siobhan said: "The main focus is physio now, Ross needs to get his strength up and jokes he has to get his ‘John Greggs’ working again.
"He’s lost a lot of weight and he’s a bit frail but he’s got colour in his cheeks and he’s eating on his own now so that’s amazing.
"And he’s delighted he’s got a six pack now, he’s been telling the nurses about it, so his sense of humour has come back.
"He has had whole crowds in the hospital in stitches, he’s honestly the funniest guy you’ll ever meet."
Praising the "real life angels" for all their hard work and support, Siobhan said she hopes to provide some hope for other families who may be going through a similar situation.
She said: "It’s been a crazy time and we’re usually very private people but this was a celebratory moment and I wanted the world to see it because there’s not been a lot of laughs the last few weeks.
"When Ross was really ill, we weren’t hearing the success stories, and we needed something to cling on to.
"I understand why it’s important the negative things come out, people need to know what’s happening and what to do, but we also need to hear about ‘Wee Johnny’ who has come out of this and is brand new.
"So if someone else is sitting there in the same position as we were weeks ago, hopefully we can give them a wee glimmer of hope."
