Linda Lusardi, 61, ‘could feel her organs failing’ and her ‘body dying’ during battle with coronavirus
- The former Page 3 model. 61, was hospitalised in March alongside husband Sam Kane, 51, after contracting the virus, which left her at ‘death’s door
- The star, who has now recovered and is back home with her family, said she felt like she wanted to die due to the severity of her condition
- ‘I think I probably had another 24 hours, 48 hours maybe, and I would have gone because I felt like my body was dying
- ‘It’s nothing you can explain to people because unless you’ve been there, you think, “how could you know that”, but you can almost feel your organs failing’
- Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
Linda Lusardi could ‘feel her organs failing’ and her ‘body dying’ during her battle with coronavirus.
The former Page 3 model. 61, was hospitalised in March alongside husband Sam Kane, 51, after contracting the virus, which left her at ‘death’s door.’
Speaking to talkRADIO, the star, who has now recovered and is back home with her family, said she felt like she wanted to die due to the severity of her condition.
Heartbreak: Linda Lusardi could ‘feel her organs failing’ and her ‘body dying’ during her battle with coronavirus (pictured on Good Morning Britain last month)
She said: ‘You get in a mindset where you almost want to go because it’s so uncomfortable and painful and you feel so bad.
‘I said to the ambulance lady, if you don’t take me in I’m going to die in this bed. I knew I would.
‘I think I probably had another 24 hours, 48 hours maybe, and I would have gone because I felt like my body was dying.
‘It’s nothing you can explain to people because unless you’ve been there, you think, “how could you know that”, but you can almost feel your organs failing.
Battle: The former Page 3 model. 61, was hospitalised in March alongside husband Sam Kane, 51, after displaying symptoms of the virus, which left her at ‘death’s door
‘You just lie back and think , “I have to give in, I give in, you’re going to take me”.’
Linda was appearing on the show in aid of the Rainbow Remembers website, an online living memorial for those who have died from coronavirus.
The Rainbow Remembers website allows relatives and friends to record the name, a photo and others details of the deceased.
Last month, Linda revealed she had a ‘traumatic’ final goodbye with her husband Sam when she took a turn for the worse during her battle with coronavirus.
Speaking about the experience during an interview with Sky News she reflected on the ‘dark moment’ she thought she may not survive the virus.
In an emotional retelling of the event, the model explained: ‘There were some very dark moments where I didn’t think I was going to make it. All my vital signs were going down badly.
Traumatic: Linda, pictured in 2012 with Sam, said: ‘It’s nothing you can explain to people because unless you’ve been there, you think, “how could you know that”, but you can almost feel your organs failing’
‘I said to one of the young doctors, ‘”Am I going to pull through this?”. He said, “You’re 61, we don’t know what we’re dealing with here.”
‘So I texted Sam, who was in another part of the hospital and said, “I don’t know if I’m going to make it, can you come up.”
Saying that a nurse ‘took pity’ on them by giving Sam a gown and mask and allowing him to visit her, she went on: ‘He gave me a pep talk about staying positive and “get back for the kids, you can’t leave us”.
‘It was very traumatic. Then he was taken out and the next day he went home.’
This came after Linda broke down in tears as she recalled her ‘horrendous’ battle with coronavirus during an appearance on Good Morning Britain.
Linda admitted she thought she was going to die from the deadly disease when she was rushed to hospital and placed on oxygen in her first TV interview since recovering from the virus.
She said: ‘You get in a mindset where you almost want to go because it’s so uncomfortable and painful and you feel so bad’ (pictured 2019)
Linda went onto praise NHS staff for their incredible care and ‘giving her her life back’ after she and husband Sam tested positive for coronavirus.
Linda told Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid she first started to display symptoms of COVID-19 when her husband Sam contracted the virus.
She explained: ‘He was very very ill and I was looking after him, but I was sleeping in bed with him because we didn’t realise what he had actually got, and then I contracted it, and then he felt he was getting better and started looking after me.’
Adding that her husband’s condition suddenly deteriorated, Linda explained they were both suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea, but after phoning 111 were simply told to self-isolate.
But when she started to suffering for breathlessness and chest pains, her son Jack advised they phone an ambulance.
She continued: ‘Two lady ambulance drivers came did some tests and I’d got zero oxygen in my blood and tested Sam and said his was really bad as well, my poor son watched as we were marched out of the door with paramedics.’
When asked how she coped with battling the deadly disease, Linda fought back tears as she admitted at one point she thought she was going to die.
She told Piers and Susanna: ‘It absolutely horrendous, I thank god that I’m one of the lucky ones that came through it.
‘Sam and I were both in A and E at the beginning and we just looked at each other and thought ”are we gonna make it through this?”
‘I tested negative first of all and the Doctor came in and he washed his hands and I asked him am I gonna make it though this.
‘He said ”you’re 61 we don’t know what we’re dealing with.” I texted Sam and said can you come up and see me because I don’t know if I’m gonna make it through this.’
Linda said that it was her husband’s support that helped her to stay strong during her battle with COVID-19, adding: ‘Because he had tested positive and I tested positive by then, one of the workers downstairs wheeled him up and he held my hand and said you need to think about the children they can’t lose their mum.
Sick: Linda said she first started to display symptoms of COVID-19 when her husband Sam contracted the virus, and eventually called 999 after suffering chest pains and breathlessness
‘It helped. I helped me to be stronger.’
At one point Linda admitted she was told she may have to be moved to intensive care and be placed on a ventilator to increase her oxygen levels which left her extremely fearful.
‘I was on 30% oxygen, and on the fourth day they said I think you’ll have to go into intensive care. My oxygen levels were coming up a bit, and they said we’ll keep you on here.
‘I can’t thank them enough, Eric and Sue and the people that held my hand, they were unbelievable in there, this was all a while back and they’ve got PPE now, they were coming in with just plastic and little things around their faces.’
Linda went onto explain that since being discharged from hospital she’s gone from strength to strength with the support of her husband and two children.
‘Jack had had a mild affect of it, and he and Sam drove to the hospital, when I was being wheeled towards him I just broke down, and I sat in the garden listening to the bird and held Jack and said I’m so glad I’m still here,’ she said.
Continuing to praise the National Health Service, she continued: ‘I can’t thank you enough for your care and attention, I know how scared you are, you are the front line and without you more people would be dying, I just thank you for giving me my life back.
‘I wasn’t getting preferential treatment, they had no idea I was, the care they gave me was the care they would’ve given any 61-year-old.’
Horrific: When asked how she coped with battling the deadly disease, Linda fought back tears as she admitted at one point she thought she was going to die
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