‘Don’t be a baby, you’re such a sook’: Hilarious words a seriously ill grandma with COVID-19 told her husband in hospital - as three generations of their family win fight against the cruel disease
An elderly woman with coronavirus told her husband not to 'be a baby' in some hilarious words of encouragement following his virus diagnosis. Three generations of the Melbourne family were struck down with COVID-19 after grandmother Caterina, in her 80s, contracted the illness in July. Her husband Dominic, who is also in his 80s, also tested positive, along with their daughter Franca and granddaughter Emma, 25. Pictured: Caterina and Dominic in hospital in Melbourne after they were both diagnosed with coronavirus Franca broke down while telling Sunrise about her parents' admission into the coronavirus ward at Austin Hospital. 'I was told by emergency doctors that, if they were to go to the intensive care unit...' she trailed off, to emotional to finish her sentence. According to the Australian Department of Health, people over the age of 70 with underlying medical conditions, like Caterina and Dominic, carry a far greater risk of death than younger patients. Three