Essex man to be subject of study after making 'miraculous' recovery from Covid-19

Omar Taylor is now back at home with his family. Credit: ITV News Anglia

An Essex man who survived coronavirus, sepsis, pneumonia, heart failure and a double stroke is to be the subject of a research study.

Omar Taylor, 31, spent a month in intensive care at Colchester Hospital and had to be put on a ventilator.

However, against all the odds, he made a miraculous recovery - becoming the first patient at the hospital to successfully come off a ventilator during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

His family had earlier been told to prepare for the worst and were warned that he would "probably never walk again".

Despite spending 19 days in an induced coma, he was able to walk out of the hospital last week to a standing ovation from doctors and nurses who treated him, before he was given a rousing welcome home by his neighbours in the village of Rowhedge near Colchester.

Omar Taylor and his family leaving Colchester Hospital. Credit: Kaitlyn Taylor

Although he's still unable to talk, Mr Taylor is now well enough to continue his recovery at home with his wife Kaitlyn, daughter Vivienne, four, and son Harrison, two.

Speaking to ITV News Anglia last week, wife Kaitlyn admitted she never expected him to make it through.

"It's just so amazing, we keep staring at each other. I keep telling him this is way better than our honeymoon, the days both our kids were born, it's just so amazing to have him home," she said.

"I stare at him - this wasn't meant to happen. I never expected him to come home, ever."

Mr Taylor's case will now be the subject of a special research project by scientists will which will look into his situation and subsequent recovery.

It's hoped the study will help doctors understand more about the virus so that other Covid-19 patients don't have to go through the same ordeal.

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