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By writer to www.dailymail.co.uk

A match and wholesome Sydney man who caught coronavirus 18 months in the past is now dealing with the surprising actuality of needing a life-saving coronary heart transplant.  

Self-confessed ‘health addict’ Rob Hodgson collapsed in his house six months after making what he had believed to be a full restoration from Covid-19. 

The 38-year-old prosthetist had developed a cough a couple of days after getting back from a piece journey in New York final March and shortly started experiencing extreme again ache.

Rob Hodgson, 38, (pictured)  contracted coronavirus 18 months ago and despite making a full recovery now faces the shocking reality of needing a life-saving heart transplant

Rob Hodgson, 38, (pictured)  contracted coronavirus 18 months in the past and regardless of making a full restoration now faces the surprising actuality of needing a life-saving coronary heart transplant

Rob’s equally fitness-focused spouse Amanda was additionally contaminated with the virus and described the ache as ‘glandular fever on steroids’. 

‘It was like having this factor inside me consuming away at each ounce of vitality I had,’ the efficiency coach informed Day by day Mail Australia. 

‘We’re tremendous match and motivated individuals, I assumed – is that this the reward we get for making an effort to be wholesome?’ 

Amanda mentioned she might barely stroll from her bed room to her ensuite and was bedridden for a number of days in the course of the two weeks it took the pair to recuperate. 

Not ones to let Covid-19 have the final snicker, the couple threw themselves right into a health program to show to themselves that they had made a full restoration. 

Rob, a biking fanatic, took half in an epic 1300km bike trip in October to lift cash for youths most cancers. The wholesome couple might by no means anticipated what got here subsequent. 

Amanda mentioned her husband had been biking within the house health club of their western Sydney house throughout a seemingly regular day final November. 

Rob's similarly fitness-focused wife Amanda (pictured) was also infected with the virus and described the pain as 'glandular fever on steroids'

Rob’s equally fitness-focused spouse Amanda (pictured) was additionally contaminated with the virus and described the ache as ‘glandular fever on steroids’

After he complained of not feeling properly, Amanda mentioned she assured her husband it was in all probability simply the warmth, not for a second pondering to hyperlink his situation to Covid-19. 

Simply 45 minutes later Rob collapsed within the lounge room, his Apple Watch recording his heartbeat at a fast 210 beats per minute. 

Paramedics who handled the health fanatic suggested him to go to a GP the next day however in the end determined he did not should be hospitalised.  

Amanda mentioned the irony was that NSW Well being had requested the couple to come back to Westmead Hospital for a check-up six months after recovering from Covid. 

Rob had determined to not attend his take a look at as a result of work commitments, telling his spouse he felt the take a look at was pointless as a result of how match and wholesome he had been feeling.  

Whereas the efficiency coach was on the hospital she casually talked about her husband’s surprising collapse to the physician, whose response stunned her. 

‘I known as him and mentioned they appear to be involved about your episode,’ she mentioned, including the physician scheduled Rob a heart specialist appointment the identical week.

The 38-year-old had an echocardiogram take a look at which decided his coronary heart was too weak to endure a ‘stress take a look at’ which concerned working on a treadmill.

Rob was ultimately identified with dilated cardiomyopathy, a illness that limits the quantity of blood the center is ready to pump across the physique. 

The 38-year-old prosthetist (pictured) had developed a cough a few days after returning from a work trip in New York last March but only began experience heart irregularities in November

The 38-year-old prosthetist (pictured) had developed a cough a couple of days after getting back from a piece journey in New York final March however solely started expertise coronary heart irregularities in November

Medical specialists decided coronavirus had left intensive scarring on his coronary heart after sweeping by way of the organ. 

‘It isn’t frequent nevertheless it occurs. Individuals simply normally recuperate,’ Amanda defined. 

‘The quantity of blood he pumps out of his coronary heart is de facto low p.c so the nice muscle that is not scarred is de facto stretched.’

Cardiologists really useful Rob be urgently fitted with an inner defibrillator, telling the affected person he would possibly by no means want it once more, or it’d save his life. 

Amanda described this era of their lives as ‘actually tumultuous’, with Christmas across the nook and her youngsters, aged 7 and 9, beginning to ask onerous questions.  

The following main blow to his restoration got here on January 5 when Amanda heard a blood-curdling scream from the house health club. 

She rushed downstairs to seek out her husband leaning on the kitchen bench attempting to soak up the painful shock of his defibrillator going off. 

Amanda informed her husband to lie down and breathe however his coronary heart could not regulate, triggering a second shock from the defibrillator simply 45 seconds later. 

Rob has described the feeling to his spouse as the sensation of touching an electrical wire fence however having the ache come from ‘the within out’.  

Cardiologists at Westmead Hospital recommended Rob be urgently fitted with an internal defibrillator, telling the patient he might never need it again, or it might save his life

Cardiologists at Westmead Hospital really useful Rob be urgently fitted with an inner defibrillator, telling the affected person he would possibly by no means want it once more, or it’d save his life

Six months later the defibrillator went off once more, simply as Rob had been in a position to overcome his worry of the machine by way of doing cardiac rehab on his bike. 

The 38-year-old went in for coronary heart surgical procedure in Westmead Hospital final Monday, with the  outcomes bringing the household extra distressing information. 

Rob’s heart specialist mentioned the remaining muscle in his coronary heart was heading in direction of cardiac failure and referred him to a transplant specialist. 

Amanda mentioned from her personal analysis the common wait time for a coronary heart transplant is six months, which she says she feels grateful for.  

She mentioned ever since she met him 20 years in the past, Rob has been enthusiastic about well being and train along with his love for sport making up an enormous a part of his id.  

He’s allowed to go for lengthy walks however can solely train when Amanda is at house, who sits and watches him on the house health club to ensure he’s protected. 

Amanda mentioned it is generally onerous to spend time within the cardiac ward surrounded by unfit and aged individuals looking for the identical remedy as her husband. 

The efficiency coach mentioned she skilled a ‘powerful day’ not too long ago the place she could not assist however really feel shaky and emotional. 

‘I get up each morning with one eye open, uncertain of how I’ll really feel every day,’ she mentioned. 

The Sydney mom mentioned she is compelled to talk to Rob in ‘nooks and crannies’ of the home as a result of her two sons do not know the extent of their dad’s situation.

‘They know that he cannot train and has much less vitality, however we do have to start out speaking about it,’ she mentioned, including she needed to attend till the college holidays had been over.

Amanda mentioned since sharing their story on social media the household has acquired an ‘unbelievable’ response with strangers and mates alike able to ‘bounce up and assist’.  

‘Sharing our story has been lovely, it is actually helped us,’ she mentioned. 

‘I’ve at all times been upfront and sincere about sharing the nice and the unhealthy in my life, excessive efficiency is studying about easy methods to get again up once you’re down.’ 

Amanda (pictured) said since sharing their story on social media the family has received an 'incredible' response with strangers and friends alike ready to 'jump up and help'

Amanda (pictured) mentioned since sharing their story on social media the household has acquired an ‘unbelievable’ response with strangers and mates alike able to ‘bounce up and assist’

— to www.dailymail.co.uk

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