A DAD vowed he would get the Covid jab as quickly as he might in his heartbreaking final messages to his household earlier than tragically dying.
Stephen Doyle, 45, was match and wholesome earlier than he was struck down with the virus and rushed to hospital.
The dad-of-three had refused the Covid vaccine however realised too late that it was his greatest probability in opposition to defending himself in opposition to the virus.
His household say the previous docker was unvaccinated after being "influenced by all of the discuss on social media."
In a determined message despatched from hospital, he wrote to his former accomplice: "I’m getting the jabs as quickly as I can."
His cousin Michelle Pierce, a nurse, is now urging others to get the vaccine after it was "too late" for Stephen.
She stated: “When Stephen was in hospital he texted his former accomplice Nichola and stated: ‘I’m getting the jabs as quickly as I can’.
“He stated he by no means needed to undergo this once more. Sadly, he by no means obtained the possibility to get vaccinated. It was too late for him.
“He was in opposition to the vaccination earlier than he went in and I might say he was influenced by all of the discuss on social media.
“He had no underlying well being circumstances. He was match and wholesome.”
Stephen, who was working as a dispatch supervisor earlier than his loss of life, left hospital in mid-December with antibiotics.
However he was rushed again in simply three days earlier than Christmas after he was struggling to breathe.
Michelle, who works at Llandudno Hospital in North Wales, stated: “We don’t know whether or not he discharged himself or not however he was self-isolating.
"His ex-partner Nichola went to see him on December 22 and located him very unwell.”
Individuals have to know that is taking place to wholesome individuals
Michelle Pierce
Stephen was placed on a ventilator on Christmas Day whereas additionally struggling Deep Vein Thrombosis in his leg.
His situation deteriorated the next week and docs advised his household he had developed bilateral pneumothorax - that means each lungs had collapsed.
Stephen tragically handed away on January 3 at Warrington Hospital.
Stephens’s mum Janet, sister Nicola and his former accomplice at the moment are calling for individuals to guard themselves in opposition to Covid.
Michelle added: “Individuals have to know that is taking place to wholesome individuals.
"If we will save one particular person by making them get their vaccinations, it’s value telling our story.
“He was only a humorous man. He appreciated to make individuals snort and was all the time up for snort.
"He liked spending time together with his youngsters and making all of them pleased.”
Medical director Dr Nick Lyons, of Betsi Cadwaladr College Well being Board, stated: “I can solely provide condolences to Michelle and her household for his or her unhappy loss.
“I additionally wish to salute their braveness in considering of others so quickly after dropping a liked one.
“They're in fact completely proper - getting a full course of Covid vaccinations is by far the easiest way of defending your well being through the pandemic."
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