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Covid: Parents' warning after daughter, 25, dies | Covid: Parents' warning after daughter, 25, dies |
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Covid: Parents who lost daughter warn 'this is real' | Covid: Parents who lost daughter warn 'this is real' |
Covid-19 put a whole family in hospital over Christmas - but it was their 25-year-old daughter who didn't survive. | Covid-19 put a whole family in hospital over Christmas - but it was their 25-year-old daughter who didn't survive. |
On Christmas Day, the Jones family from Llwynypia in the Rhondda all felt so unwell, they didn't even bother opening their presents. | On Christmas Day, the Jones family from Llwynypia in the Rhondda all felt so unwell, they didn't even bother opening their presents. |
Paul, Karen and Lauren Jones had all tested positive for Covid-19 earlier in December and it had hit them hard - with Paul and Karen spending short spells in hospital. | Paul, Karen and Lauren Jones had all tested positive for Covid-19 earlier in December and it had hit them hard - with Paul and Karen spending short spells in hospital. |
But not long after Christmas their "living nightmare" continued, when Lauren told her parents she wanted to go to the local hospital "just to get checked out". | But not long after Christmas their "living nightmare" continued, when Lauren told her parents she wanted to go to the local hospital "just to get checked out". |
"I watched her walk from the car to the hospital. I thought she would have been out later that day," said Paul, who works as a police officer. | "I watched her walk from the car to the hospital. I thought she would have been out later that day," said Paul, who works as a police officer. |
Mum and sons die after catching Covid-19 | Mum and sons die after catching Covid-19 |
'Miracle' Covid survivor feared his life was over | 'Miracle' Covid survivor feared his life was over |
Lockdown causing 'acute grief' for bereaved | Lockdown causing 'acute grief' for bereaved |
But Lauren did not speak to her parents until the next day and by then she was receiving treatment to help her breathing. | But Lauren did not speak to her parents until the next day and by then she was receiving treatment to help her breathing. |
"I spoke to Lauren at about half three in the afternoon,"said Karen. | "I spoke to Lauren at about half three in the afternoon,"said Karen. |
"She said she'd just had a little bit of ice cream and some water and was going back on the C-PAP machine. She said not to worry. That was the last contact we ever had with her. " | "She said she'd just had a little bit of ice cream and some water and was going back on the C-PAP machine. She said not to worry. That was the last contact we ever had with her. " |
Paul Jones said staff at Royal Glamorgan Hospital were "absolutely distraught" when his daughter died | Paul Jones said staff at Royal Glamorgan Hospital were "absolutely distraught" when his daughter died |
Lauren was well known and loved in her local community - she worked as an administrator at a GP surgery in Tonypandy and delivered Avon and Bodyshop products in her village. She also loved animals, travelling and music. | Lauren was well known and loved in her local community - she worked as an administrator at a GP surgery in Tonypandy and delivered Avon and Bodyshop products in her village. She also loved animals, travelling and music. |
Her health, though, declined rapidly. Within 24 hours, her parents were told she wasn't expected to survive the next night. | Her health, though, declined rapidly. Within 24 hours, her parents were told she wasn't expected to survive the next night. |
They went to be with her at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant during her last moments in the early hours of 30 December. | They went to be with her at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant during her last moments in the early hours of 30 December. |
'Youngest patient' | 'Youngest patient' |
"We were both with her when she came into the world and we were both with her when she left the world," said Karen. | "We were both with her when she came into the world and we were both with her when she left the world," said Karen. |
"The ITU staff were marvellous. The one last image I remember is, as Lauren left us, all the staff were protecting her around the bed. They were absolutely distraught as well." | "The ITU staff were marvellous. The one last image I remember is, as Lauren left us, all the staff were protecting her around the bed. They were absolutely distraught as well." |
Paul added: "They said Lauren was the youngest patient they'd had in the Royal Glam. Not a statistic you want your daughter to be." | Paul added: "They said Lauren was the youngest patient they'd had in the Royal Glam. Not a statistic you want your daughter to be." |
Lauren's mother Karen said the last time she saw her daughter, she told her "not to worry" | Lauren's mother Karen said the last time she saw her daughter, she told her "not to worry" |
The family are now struggling to understand how she deteriorated so quickly. | The family are now struggling to understand how she deteriorated so quickly. |
Lauren had suffered from a condition called complex regional pain syndrome in her foot, which meant she used crutches. She also had high blood pressure - but her parents say it was nothing that meant she would have been more at risk. | Lauren had suffered from a condition called complex regional pain syndrome in her foot, which meant she used crutches. She also had high blood pressure - but her parents say it was nothing that meant she would have been more at risk. |
They also wonder if things could have been different - Lauren and her mother Karen, who also works for the NHS, were just days away from having their Covid vaccinations when they had to start self-isolating. | They also wonder if things could have been different - Lauren and her mother Karen, who also works for the NHS, were just days away from having their Covid vaccinations when they had to start self-isolating. |
Woman battling Covid watches mum die in next bed | Woman battling Covid watches mum die in next bed |
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Those presents left unopened on Christmas Day remained there until recently and Paul and Karen say opening what Lauren had left for them was one of the hardest things. | Those presents left unopened on Christmas Day remained there until recently and Paul and Karen say opening what Lauren had left for them was one of the hardest things. |
"We are finding it easier to stay in the house," said Karen. | "We are finding it easier to stay in the house," said Karen. |
"In the first 48 hours, we were trying to run away from the house and the memories. I woke up in the early hours of this morning just crying and apparently I was shouting her name out in my sleep. Moments catch up with you." | "In the first 48 hours, we were trying to run away from the house and the memories. I woke up in the early hours of this morning just crying and apparently I was shouting her name out in my sleep. Moments catch up with you." |
Lauren and her family enjoyed going on holiday together and she had been a keen golf player | Lauren and her family enjoyed going on holiday together and she had been a keen golf player |
Lauren's funeral will be held later this month and the family is planning a special event in her memory, when the pandemic is over. | Lauren's funeral will be held later this month and the family is planning a special event in her memory, when the pandemic is over. |
For now though, they want their story to be a warning. | For now though, they want their story to be a warning. |
"This is real," added Karen. "We stuck to the rules and it still got us. It's out there and it could come for you." | "This is real," added Karen. "We stuck to the rules and it still got us. It's out there and it could come for you." |
"Our grandparents lived through the war. If they can listen and do what they had to do during the war, we can sit in our house and watch a boxset and have a drink in the house and behave ourselves. | "Our grandparents lived through the war. If they can listen and do what they had to do during the war, we can sit in our house and watch a boxset and have a drink in the house and behave ourselves. |
"We don't want anyone to go through what we are going through now." |