A frantic mum’s worst nightmare came true after her “healthy” teenage daughter was struck down with coronavirus. Diane Houghton, 48, feared the worst when 19-year-old daughter Abbie was rushed to Royal Stoke University Hospital.
She was quickly placed on a ventilator as Covid-19 invaded her lungs and she started to have difficulty breathing. The teenager, a beautician, lost a stone due to the ceiling illness, and only started to recover when she was placed on a nebuliser and flipped onto her front.
Royal Stoke University Hospital has since discharged her but Abbie is recovering from the deadly virus at home. Mum-of-two Diane told Stoke Live Abbie’s coronavirus battle started when she developed a temperature on March 25.