Mum, 36, spent Christmas and New Year in Covid coma and can still barely move

A heartbroken dad ‘didn’t want to get out of bed on Christmas day’ while his partner was in a Covid-19 induced coma. Alan Kelly, 35, and Jemma Parkinson, 36, live with their four-year-old daughter Sienna in Brinnington.

Stay at home mum Jemma started to feel unwell towards the end of November, displaying symptoms of Covid-19. She did a PCR test, which came back positive, and started to isolate, however, the situation would get much worse. READ MORE:Tribute to 'larger than life' man who died after 'altercation' “After the positive test it just started getting worse and worse,” HGV driver Alan told the Manchester Evening News. “I got a text from Jemma on the 8th saying she needed help and that I needed to come home from work. “When I got back she was crouched over the bed and was really struggling to breathe so I rang 999 straight away, it was really scary.” Jemma was rushed to Stepping Hill hospital.

Only hours later Alan received a phone call saying she was not improving and that Jemma needed to be put on a ventilator. In the days after this she caught ventilator associated pneumonia, and her condition continued to worsen. "I wasn't allowed into the hospital to visit at any time I wanted to see her because of the restrictions," Alan said. "They did let me in only twice as there were points where they didn't know if Jemma was going to make it, it was the hardest thing that I've ever had to do. "Being home without her was so tough, I broke down three or four times a day crying.

Sienna would ask 'daddy are you okay?' which was just so sad. "I prayed every day that Jemma would get better. "I didn't want to get out of bed on Christmas morning, it was the last thing I wanted to do, but I thought I had to be strong for