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According to the British media "Yorkshire Evening News", the longest known patient with severe coronavirus disease in the United Kingdom, Jason Kelk, chose to stop treatment after 14 months of hospitalization and calmly accepted death.
Since last year, Kerk has been dubbed by the media as "one of the most ill and seriously ill patients in the UK".
After being reinfected this year, this "one" was removed, but unfortunately he failed to defeat the virus.
His wife, Sue Kelk, said her husband began coughing non-stop in early 2020, coughing for months and with pneumonia.
(Jason and Sue at their wedding in 2017)
After seeing that he was having more difficulty breathing, Sue called for medical assistance in March last year, but the doctor did not think that it was related to the new crown virus, and only prescribed him some antibiotics.
By March 31, Jason's condition had deteriorated again, and he could barely breathe, and Sue called in an ambulance.
The paramedics found that his blood oxygen saturation was much lower than normal, which took him to the hospital.
At the time, they also said he would be able to return home soon.
(Jason in the hospital bed)
It wasn't until the next night, when the coronavirus test was positive, that Jason was finally diagnosed with COVID-19.
Because his cough is an old problem, and there is no fever, people have not thought about that aspect for a long time.
Suffering from diabetes and asthma, Jason's condition was worse than the average patient.'
He quickly put on a ventilator and was transferred to the intensive care unit three days after his admission, where doctors injected him with tranquilizers and regularly transferred him to a prone position to make sure he inhaled as much oxygen as possible.
But the doctors found that the normal ventilator did not absorb oxygen enough, and the mucus in Jason's throat and trachea would prevent him from breathing.
So they opened his neck, inserted the cannula into the trachea, and let him breathe directly in the cannula.
(Tracheostomy for critically ill patients)
The virus also damaged his lungs and kidneys, and he needed to use a kidney filter throughout the day to make it work in place of the kidney organs.
Under the pressure of multiple diseases, Jason's stomach also has a major problem, his stomach nerves can not work properly, and can only obtain energy through intravenous nutrient solution.
"After all this, he can still survive to this day, and I am really proud of him." In an interview late last year, Su said, "For critically ill patients, they don't even have the strength to struggle out of a paper bag." But Jason could struggle out of 1,000 paper bags. ”
After being admitted to the hospital, he only went out three times last year, because he had all kinds of tubes stuck in his body, and he couldn't do anything.
But Jason was still more active at the time, he often texted Sue to tell her about things in the hospital, and after the UK went into lockdown, Sue couldn't come to see him, so they video chatted with Facetime.
A few months after his hospitalization, Jason's condition improved, he was able to stand up on the help, express his words more clearly, and occasionally joke.
At the end of last year, he told the media that his biggest wish was to hurry home, watch TV with Sue, eat fish and chips, and go back to old time.
"It's very rare for Jason to be in the intensive care unit for so long that most of the hospital's critically ill patients stay for only two to three months, let alone eight or nine months." Sue said.
"It shows his strong character and strong desire to survive, his desire to go home and reunite with our family."
(Jason and his stepd granddaughter)
Earlier this year, Jason's condition seemed to take a turn for the better.
In February, he was able to start walking on his own, and by March, he could go 15 days without a ventilator, remove the 24-hour kidney filter, and switch to minimally invasive dialysis three times a week.
Entering April, Jason finally left his ventilator and other equipment and was able to leave the hospital and go home.
He fulfilled his dream of eating fish and chips with Sue.
He also ate long-desired cakes and custards, was able to drink tea, and regained his love of computer programming (Jason was an IT employee at an elementary school before he fell ill).
As a retired nurse, Sue, 63, is accustomed to life and death, but she is still hopeful about her husband.
The two of them have been together for 20 years, married for three years, and although the age difference is 14 years, the relationship is very good. Sue's children say they are soul mates and know what the other person wants for the first time, and Sue agrees very much.
"We can always say what the other person hasn't finished, and instinctively know what the other person really thinks." We make each other more complete. ”
Sue thought they could return to the good life they had been, but after only a little more than a month after being discharged from the hospital, Jason's condition suddenly made a comeback.
He contracted the virus again, put on a ventilator again, and still breathed with a tracheostomy.
The doctor told them that he might have to insert a root tube in his neck to breathe for the rest of his life.
Jason also had several syncope episodes and was unconscious for a long time, and the doctor didn't know why.
Sometimes he wakes up, but his consciousness is still unclear, and he can't chat and video with his family like he did last year.
He seemed to be in a constant state of confusion, talking to his family to the contrary.
During the last conversation, Sue was talking to him about his illness, while Jason was talking about Greggs' breakfast.
Sue said that was absolute nonsense.
On Friday, after Jason struggled to wake up, his mental condition changed dramatically. Sue said he had lost the light in his eyes.
After that, all she gets is the news that Jason wants to stop treatment and accept death.
Although it was painful, she could understand, "It was so tired, he just wanted it all to end." Antibiotics had some effect, but his spirit had disappeared. I think the real Jason disappeared in February 2020, and that's Jason that we all know and love. ”
After confirming his waiver of treatment, Jason was transferred from St. James's Hospital to St. Gemma's Hospice Hospital, spending his last few hours in the company of his family.
(Jason, Sue and Sue's daughter)
His wife, mother, father and sister accompanied him at his bedside, watching him breathe.
Compared with the pain of the treatment, death seemed like a sweet relief to him.
"A lot of people will say he's weak in doing that, but I know he's brave." Sue told the Yorkshire Evening News, "It's probably the bravest thing a man can do, say no to a terrible life, say 'I don't want to live like this anymore.'" ”
"If being alive is torture in itself, then there's no need to let it go on."
Spending 14 months in the intensive care unit, tied to a hospital bed, and full of tubes, Jason has been able to survive until now, in fact, he has proved his tenacity.
(Jason's treatment crowdfunding, turned into funeral crowdfunding)
Human beings are still small and fragile compared to disease, and if not really unbearable, who wants to choose death?
To say goodbye to your family and the world calmly is to be tolerant of yourself...
ref：
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/19/britains-longest-known-coronavirus-patient-dies-aged-49
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/health/coronavirus/leeds-man-jason-kelk-the-uks-longest-covid-19-in-patient-has-died-3278551
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/health/coronavirus/leeds-man-one-uks-longest-covid-patients-intensive-care-after-being-admitted-around-same-time-kate-garraways-husband-derek-draper-3069420
https://metro.co.uk/2021/06/19/jason-kelk-uks-longest-covid-patient-dies-after-withdrawing-treatment-14797890/
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No brain mitosis: it's so miserable... The first wave of hospital admissions lasted so long... A month after being discharged from the hospital, I was infected again...
Wanqu Remnant: Many people will ignore the psychological pressure of patients, even if it is a good hospital, a good equipment, and a good medical staff, patients have endured huge psychological pressure of death for a long time and struggled in an unfamiliar environment, and ordinary people cannot carry it for long
Reverse Saint: How family care does not wear a mask
Creamy Banana:, it's so hard to watch this! RIP, impressed by Jason's tenacity, also understands his final abandonment. I'm glad I've been careful enough and lucky enough for over the past year that I haven't encountered any of this. Most people in China, under this global epidemic, if your life is only slightly affected, you should feel fortunate. It's not all in vain.
99999: So, hugging your lover and telling him that I love you is actually a happy thing in itself
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