Woman hospitalized with covid comes home to find husband dead from virus

A Florida woman says she returned home after battling COVID-19 in hospital to a “nightmare” scene with her husband dead after also contracting the virus.

Lisa Steadman, 58, said she was horrified to walk Wednesday to discover the body of her husband Ron, 55, in the bedroom of their home in Winter Haven, Fox13 News reported.

“It was like stepping into a horror movie, and I wish I had never seen it like that because I can’t get that image out of my head,” she told Channel 2. ‘information.

Steadman said neither of them had been vaccinated until they both tested positive for the virus.

After developing symptoms that caused her to pass out, she went to the emergency room at Winter Haven Hospital.

“I thought I was going to die. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t stop throwing up, ”she told the outlet.

For eight days in the hospital, Steadman struggled to keep in touch with her husband, who was having issues with his phone, she said.

“He told me his phone was malfunctioning and wouldn’t hold a charge. Monday, I could not reach him. So I sent the Winter Haven Police Department there to do a welfare check. They spoke to him. He was fine, “she said. WFLA information station.

When she couldn’t reach him the next day, she assumed it was all over the phone again.

But when she returned home on Wednesday, she discovered the tragic scene.

“It’s just a nightmare. Just a nightmare, ”she told WFLA news channel.

“I can’t get this image out of my mind. I wish I had never found it like this, ”she added.

Steadman said doctors told him he died of complications from COVID.

“He was a humble, friendly family man, ready to help anyone and fearing God,” she said.

Steadman, who is still battling symptoms of the virus, said she plans to get the shot next month.

“Now, after being in the hospital and talking with my doctor, when I can take it, I will do it in September,” she told WFLA.