Long Covid sufferer who was given days to live urges people to get vaccine

The Limerick mother of three rallied after 190 days in hospital and has been reunited with her mother after discovering she was also struck down with coronavirus

Jackie Sheehan (left) and her mother, Mary Fitzgerald, (right), who came within almost touching distance in the gymnasium at University Hospital Limerick, in April this year. Photo: UL Hospitals Group

A young mother who was given just days to live after being struck down with Covid-19, has warned others to get fully vaccinated to help curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed over 5,000 lives here.

Jackie Sheehan, (47), was floored by the virus during the third wave in early January 2021, and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at University Hospital Limerick (UHL).