Connecticut dad, 32, writes heart-wrenching note to wife, kids before dying of coronavirus

A Connecticut father who was battling the coronavirus wrote a letter to his spouse and kids telling them how a lot he beloved them and the way fortunate he was to have them in his life.

Jonathan Coelho, 32, wrote the word the day earlier than medical doctors at a hospital in Danbury intubated him and weeks earlier than his April 22 dying from COVID-19, the illness brought on by the virus.

His spouse, Katie Coelho, stumbled upon the letter when she opened up her husband’s telephone shortly after he died.

“I like you guys with all my coronary heart and also you’ve given me the perfect life I might have ever requested for,” Jonathan wrote to his household, in keeping with a Facebook post Katie shared.

“I’m so fortunate it makes me so proud to be your husband and the daddy to Braedyn and Penny. Katie you’re the most lovely caring nurturing particular person I’ve ever met…..you’re actually certainly one of a sort…..be sure to reside life with happiness and that very same ardour that made me fall in love with you. Seeing you be the perfect mother to the youngsters is the best factor I’ve ever skilled.”

Jonathan then addressed his youngsters, son Braedyn, 2, and daughter Penelope, 10 months.

“Let Braedyn now he’s my greatest bud and I’m proud to be his father and for all of the wonderful issues he’s accomplished and continues to do,” the letter learn. “Let Penelope know she’s a princess and may have no matter she needs in life. I’m so fortunate.”

Jonathan, a state worker for over 10 years, started experiencing respiration points on March 26, Katie wrote in a Fb publish. She mentioned that within the week previous to his feeling ailing the household had remoted at residence as a result of Braedyn, who born with a number of medical complexities together with cerebral palsy, was thought of high-risk.

“We took the right precautions, correct handwashing, social distancing and many others. However it nonetheless contaminated my household,” she wrote.

Along with hassle respiration, she mentioned Jonathan had horrible complications that might not go away, was torpid, had abdomen ache and misplaced his sense of style and scent.

Katie mentioned simply strolling a brief distance to the toilet made Jonathan cough and wrestle to catch his breath.

“It then worsened that he could be laying in mattress and he felt as if one thing was constricting his throat,” she wrote. Jonathan was then admitted to the hospital.

In a number of Fb posts, Katie gave updates on her husband’s situation. On March 31, she wrote that he had been intubated and later positioned on a ventilator and sedated. On April 12, she wrote that he had kidney failure and wanted dialysis.

Jonathan’s situation then began to enhance barely. “He’s responding slowly to dialysis however his kidneys are usually not beginning to work once more,” Katie wrote in an April 18 publish. “I consider in my coronary heart Jonathan goes to come back residence. Our story shouldn’t be over, however I’m bored with this curler coaster life we’ve been residing.”

Jut 4 days later, he died after going into cardiac arrest.

“He had been doing considerably higher the previous couple of days and we got a really optimistic prognosis,” Katie wrote the day of his dying. “The nurse informed me she has no concept what occurred and why.”

An obituary for Jonathan mentioned he at all times greeted everybody with a smile and was an avid fan of the New England Patriots. On Sundays, he beloved watching the video games in matching jerseys together with his youngsters.

Katie mentioned she would not know what life will appear like with out Jonathan.

“The ache we’re feeling is indescribable, our every little thing was stolen from us. My coronary heart shouldn’t be even damaged it’s shattered,” she wrote on Fb.