The household of a beloved Lanarkshire dad and husband have donated beneficiant funds to workers on the Intensive Care Unit who cared for him throughout his closing days.
John Zenke was handled at Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride earlier than sadly passing away through the pandemic in December 2020, aged simply 61.
Following his premature dying, daughter Shona Graham determined she needed to provide again to the heroic workers who taken care of her "greatest good friend" and pay particular due to them for going the additional mile to help her and mum Lorna Zenke.
Shona signed as much as full a sponsored skydive and raised an incredible £1695.
And this week the mom and daughter from Blantyre have been capable of go to the ICU ward to thank the NHS heroes personally.
Lorna says it was an emotional day returning to the place she misplaced the love of her life but it surely meant a lot to satisfy the medical doctors and nurses who did the whole lot they may for John.
Lorna informed Lanarkshire Reside: "When John died we weren't allowed to enter the ward so two years on it was good to go in and meet the workers.
"They have been good, they spent almost two hours with us.
"It was implausible, the those who we truly handed the cheque over to have been those who nursed John. Morag who's within the image was holding John's hand when he handed away. They taken care of him for 4 weeks there.
"After we have been there we noticed the mattress he died in as properly which was emotional however being there we have been capable of convey some type of closure to all of it.
"I am going to always remember John, he's the love of my life and I'll love him till the day that I die."
The go to to the ICU ward got here per week after the anniversary of John's dying, making this week's gesture a becoming tribute.
Lorna continued: "For these medical doctors and nurses to spend that a lot time with us at present, that simply reveals you ways a lot respect they've for the households additionally.
"These persons are taking care of actually sick individuals in ICU and so they have been capable of spend that a lot time with us, speak to us and reply questions that we have been desirous to ask for 2 years."
Lorna informed of how proud she is of her daughter Shona, though admittedly very nervous when she jumped aboard a plan to tackle her skydive.
It is due to her brave efforts and donations from kind-hearted locals that they have been capable of pay particular tribute to those that cared for John.
The close-knit household have been devastated when John, who was completely match and wholesome, contracted the virus in November 2020.
He was discovered unconscious at house earlier than paramedics rushed out and confirmed his case with a right away coronavirus check.
John then spent 4 weeks in intensive care at Hairmyres Hospital earlier than sadly passing away on December 6.
John, remembered as a “true gentleman”, was a key employee through the pandemic, delivering meals for Morrisons and took further shifts to supply for individuals throughout lockdown.
Main as much as her sponsored skydive final yr, Shona informed us: “I couldn’t consider any higher motive to do it apart from for my dad, and I needed to provide one thing again to the hospital.
“My coronary heart goes out to these nurses, they simply don’t appear to get sufficient credit score for what they’ve performed.
“The nurses took my dad on like household."
"The help from the nurses has been superb, so the fundraising is to thank them”, she added.
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