‘I’ve survived!’ Author Michael Rosen, 74, leaves hospital after three month battle with coronavirus as wife shares photo showing him back home
- Award-winning poet and children’s author was taken into intensive care in March
- Mr Rosen spent 47 days in intensive care before finally returning home yesterday
- He charted his battle with Covid -19 on Twitter before he was taken into hospital
Award-winning poet and children’s author Michael Rosen has finally returned home after a 47 day intensive care battle with coronavirus, as he thanked doctors and nurses who helped save his life and declared ‘I’ve survived!’.
The popular writer, 74, was taken into hospital at the end of March after contracting Covid-19 and was in a coma for ‘several weeks’.
But the author, known for works including We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, Little Rabbit Foo Foo and Chocolate Cake, finally returned home yesterday after beginning his recovery earlier this month.
His wife, Emma-Louise Williams, shared a picture of Mr Rosen at home, before praising staff at Whittington Hospital, Kanitz Critical Care Unit and St Pancras Hospital, all in London, for their help.
Michael Rosen’s wife, Emma-Louise Williams, shared a picture of the author on Twitter yesterday as he returned home for the first time
In a post on Twitter Mr Rosen said: ‘Now I’m home Emma-Louise has been through the timeline of what happened to me.
‘I become overwhelmed by how she and the family hung on in hope while I was out of it in a coma for several weeks – survival in doubt. I’m so lucky to have had such hope and support backing me.’
In follow-up Tweet, he added: ‘Teams of people in their crews: nurses, doctors, cleaners, caterers, ambulance drivers, physios (and more) made huge efforts to keep me alive – along with many others at the same time.
‘They saved my life and have got me from horizontal to hobbling. Forever grateful to you all xxx’
Mr Rosen, who served as Children’s Laureate between 2007 and 2009, began charting his battle with Covid-19 in March
He also thanked all of the well-wishers who had sent him messages of support during his hospital battle.
Mr Rosen, who served as Children’s Laureate between 2007 and 2009, began charting his battle with Covid-19 in March.
He wrote about ‘freezing cold sweats and deep muscle exhaustion’.
He was later taken into intensive care at the end of March. His family warned at the time that he was ‘very poorly’.
But he showed signs of recovery in June, when he began to walk again.
And he made a return to Twitter on June 12 and has since shared his progress with his 200,000 followers.
He made jokes about his walking stick, which he named ‘Sticky McStickstick’, saying: ‘Just as I was beginning to love my stick, Sticky McStickstick, I’m told, ‘You mustn’t become totally stick-reliant.’ Oh noooooooo!!!’
Mr Rosen later followed it up by saying his tweet was ‘not a dig at physios’, who he later described as ‘the best’.