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Linda Lusardi, 61, breaks down in tears recalling ‘horrendous’ battle with COVID-19

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Linda Lusardi, 61, breaks down in tears as she details fearing she would die in emotional first TV appearance since ‘horrendous’ battle with coronavirus

  • The model, 61, recalled her battle with the deadly virus on Wednesday’s Good Morning Britain 
  • Linda explained she was originally ordered to self-isolate before her symptoms escalated to breathlessness and chest pains 
  • Breaking down in tears, Linda admitted she thought she was going to die after being rushed to hospital 
  • She praised NHS staff for their incredible care during her battle with the virus, as she continues to recover at home 

By Laura Fox For Mailonline

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Linda Lusardi broke down in tears as she recalled her ‘horrendous’ battle with coronavirus on Wednesday’s Good Morning Britain.

The model, 61, admitted she thought she was going to die of the deadly disease when she was rushed to hospital and placed on oxygen in her first TV interview since recovering from the virus.

Linda went onto praise NHS staff for their incredible care and ‘giving her her life back’ after she and husband Sam Kane tested positive for coronavirus.

Horrific: Linda Lusardi broke down in tears as she recalled her ‘horrendous’ battle with coronavirus on Wednesday’s Good Morning Britain

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.

On the mend: Linda recently returned home from hospital after battling the deadly disease, and is now ‘feeling better’

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. 

‘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.’

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