A wife has been given hope for her husband's survival after being told he had "zero chance of survival".
Sue Martin, 49, rushed to hospital with her children to say their goodbyes to diabetic husband Mal.
She was given the devastating news that "very, very healthy" 58-year-old Mal had "zero chance" of pulling through by doctors.
But Sue and children Hana, 16, and William, 13, have now been given hope - as health workers say he may start coming off his ventilator.
Sue, of Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, told the Today programme: "Incredibly, nine days after being told that Mal has almost zero chance of survival, and myself and the children going to say our goodbyes, Mal is still with us.
"It’s now day 17 on the ventilator and the hospital have said that he is moving into the weaning phase.
"Weaning from the ventilator and rehabilitation is going to be an extremely long, slow and painful process, and there are no guarantees that it will be successful, but we are prepared for whatever it brings."
Mal became unwell with symptoms of coronavirus on 19 March and after 10 days he was taken to hospital in an ambulance.
Sue said: "He is still not out of the woods and there are no guarantees for the long process ahead, but the fact he’s still with us given the odds is incredible."
Mal, chairman for a recruitment firm, and Sue, communications manager at department for transport, got married in September 1996.
She said she was "so, so grateful" to the ICU team and had been "overwhelmed" with thousands of messages from people around the world.
She added: "It doesn’t matter how long it takes, we just want him home with us."
Earlier this month, Sue described the sheer agony of having to say goodbye to Mal.
She told BBC Wales: "He had so many tubes in him but he was peaceful, like I said, as if he was asleep. We told him that we loved him. It was heart-breaking for the children. To hear them say 'we're going to make you proud dad' and 'we'll look after mum'.....It is torture we feel like we're in a living in a nightmare."
In a separate interview, with Newsbeat, Mal's daughter Hana said talk about her dad's recovery was the best news the family could wish for.
She added: "The virus doesn't care who you are, how old you are, how healthy you are," she said.
"You have no idea how badly this virus can ruin your life. The only way this can be over is if everyone pulls together and follows the rules."
