COVID-19.Unlike most of those people, Phillips spent 105 days in hospital.Phillips’ husband Matt Pettigrew said the ordeal has been the challenge of a lifetime.
20 new COVID-19 cases in B.C., no new deaths “If you told me on day one that it was going to be 105 days I don’t think I could have done it, but with the support of all these people, family and loved ones we did it,” he told Global News.Phillips was diagnosed with the virus in mid-March, after the couple returned from a trip to the U.S.Less than 10 days later, he was in the intensive care unit.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Making matters worse, hospital safety restrictions meant it was 54 days before the couple were even allowed to.