A great-grandmother from Glasgow with terminal cancer has celebrated her 81 birthday after surviving coronavirus. Mavis Torrance, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, said she cried when she was told she had the virus on March 31 after developing a temperature.The great-grandmother, from Bishopbriggs, was worried she would not make it.She has been being cared for at the Marie Curie Hospice in Glasgow for the past month, after her daughter Angela Grubb and son-in-law Gus developed coronavirus symptoms and self-isolated at home.Speaking about getting the test result, she said: "I burst into tears.
I thought I have so much wrong with me, I'm not going to get through. But here I am."She is now back home with Angela, Gus, and grandson