‘Her spirits are up and she’s back to bossing me about’: Linda Lusardi’s husband Sam Kane updates worried fans on the star’s COVID-19 battle
- Addressing friends, family and followers in a lengthy post, the actor, 51, told how Linda’s ‘spirits are up’ and she’s continuing to regain her strength by the day
- He also took the opportunity to thank fans for their support, messages and prayers, and shared his gratitude for the NHS staff who helped him and his wife
- Sam said on Thursday night that, despite still having ‘a long way to go’, Linda, 61, looks to be through the worst of it
- He said: ‘My beautiful girl has dropped her oxygen intake today which is amazing news. She’s still got a long way to go but these baby steps are on a roll now’
- This comes just 24 hours after he said in an update that Linda was still struggling with oxygen levels and there was still ‘no major change’ in her health
- A day earlier Sam revealed that Linda had been placed on oxygen and a drip, and was still ‘far from well’
- Both Linda and Sam were hospitalised last Friday after developing COVID-19 symptoms
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Linda Lusardi’s husband Sam Kane has revealed that his wife is ‘getting stronger’ and is ‘back to bossing me about’ amid her coronavirus battle.
The former Page 3 girl, 61, was rushed to hospital earlier this week, where she has been suffering with COVID-19 and attempting to keep her fans updated from her sickbed.
And now her husband Sam, 51, has given an update on her condition on his Facebook page on Saturday.
Getting there: Linda Lusardi’s husband Sam Kane has revealed that his wife is ‘getting stronger’ and is ‘back to bossing me about’ amid her coronavirus battle
Addressing friends, family and followers in a lengthy post, the actor told how Linda’s ‘spirits are up’ and she’s continuing to regain her strength by the day.
He also took the opportunity to thank fans for their support, messages and prayers, while also sharing his gratitude for the NHS staff who helped him and his wife.
He penned: ‘Dear friends. Apologies for the lack of updates.
‘I’m happy to say that Linda is doing really well. She’s getting stronger and stronger as the days go by. Still a long way from well but much closer to it than my last post. Her spirits are up and she’s back to bossing me about so that’s massive.
Fighter: The former Page 3 girl, 61, was rushed to hospital earlier this week, where she has been suffering with COVID-19 and attempting to keep her fans updated from her sickbed
‘Once again. Your messages, your prayers, your love and support have been so incredibly helpful through all of this. I’ve told Linda all about your messages and she says a huge thank you to you all. She absolutely knows it’s helped. So many thanks.
‘Huge thank you to my spiritual healers out there too. June Field, TJ Higgs and George Christie for your incredible support and help through this. Your healing and your reassurance has been a lifeline for me. Thank you so much.
‘The light is in sight my pals. I’m so happy to tell you this. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.’
He continued: ‘Lastly but most importantly. The incredible heroes at the NHS. God knows where we’d be without you right now. I’m certain that place would be devastating. Your courage. Your resolve. Your care. Four letters that are the place between life and death. ‘Care’. That’s what you give to all of us.
Update: Addressing friends, family and followers in a lengthy post, the actor told how Linda’s ‘spirits are up’ and she’s continuing to regain her strength by the day
‘Indiscriminately. Your care is, has been and continues to be nothing short of a miracle. Literally putting your own lives at risk every second you set foot over that threshold. There are no words to convey how grateful I am. I’m certain the nation echo this too. You saved both mine and my wife’s life. I can’t wait till this is over and I can see you all face to face. God bless you all.
‘Thank you all again. From the bottom of my heart. Please #StaySafe out there. Much love. Sam xxx.’
Sam’s update comes after his and Linda’s daughter Lucy lauded NHS staff for helping her parents through their respective coronavirus battles.
She wrote on Instagram: ‘I would like to say a personal thank you to all the wonderful staff that nursed my amazing dad back to health and all the staff currently looking after my beautiful mum, helping her recover from this awful virus…
Sweet: Sam’s update comes after his and Linda’s daughter Lucy lauded NHS staff for helping her parents through their respective coronavirus battles (pictured with Linda in 2018)
‘You’re all incredible. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
Lucy, who is in a relationship with Noughts and Crosses actor Jack Rowan, shared her statement shortly after Sam revealed Linda had ‘beaten’ the virus’.
On Thursday night, Sam posted a statement that assured followers that, despite still having ‘a long way to go’, she looks to be through the worst of it.
He said: ‘My beautiful girl has dropped her oxygen intake today which is amazing news. She’s still got a long way to go but these baby steps are on a roll now.
Praise: She issued her statement after the Clap For Carers tribute, which saw people up and down the country honour the NHS by standing outside their house applauding
Fighting through: Linda has ‘beaten’ coronavirus, according to her husband Sam
‘I truly believe she’s beaten the virus now and her body is concentrating on healing itself after the battle. She’s a fighter and she will win this. Your messages and prayers are incredible.
‘Your support has been so strong and wonderful and I thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart. The most enormous Thank You to all of the NHS staff who continue to help get my girl back to health. You’re all angels.
‘To all of our close and dear friends who have sent so much love and support and helped over and above. I love you all. Thank you. I’ll keep you posted. #StaySafe.’
He said: ‘My beautiful girl has dropped her oxygen intake today which is amazing news. She’s still got a long way to go but these baby steps are on a roll now. ‘I truly believe she’s beaten the virus now and her body is concentrating on healing itself after the battle’
Of the Clap For The NHS that took place on Thursday night around the UK at 8PM, he added: ‘What a truly stunning moment that was. Hearing so many people cheering and sending absolute love to the people who are saving so many lives. Right now, was spellbinding.’
Before the event,the actor took to Facebook to share the post urging the public to show their support for the NHS workers who are on the frontlines.
Writing on top of the post explaining the event, Sam said ‘well this made me cry.’
Showing our gratitude: The #ClapForCarers event will see the public clap in their homes to say thanks to the medical professionals at the frontline of the coronavirus crisis, on Thursday at 8
Taking to Facebook on Wednesday, Sam revealed that his wife’s oxygen and low blood pressure were ‘still a problem,’ but she was feeling ‘at least a little brighter’ than she had just the day before.
It comes just a day after Sam revealed that Linda had been placed on oxygen and needed ‘all the help she could get,’ after she rushed to hospital with COVID-19.
In his post Sam said: ‘I have the angels with me helping to heal my girl. Along with all of your amazing love and prayers she appears, so very slowly to be at least a little brighter in her self.
‘The oxygen is still a problem as is her blood pressure is low but she isn’t moving backwards. Thank God. There is still no major change to report just yet but she did say she’s feeling a tiny bit stronger.
Troubling: Linda’s oxygen and low blood pressure ‘are still a problem’ as she continues to battle coronavirus, her husband Sam Kane revealed on Wednesday
‘As long as its moving forward. That’s all that matters to me. Thank you again for all of you love, prayers and positivity. Your energy is helping so much. I will be forever grateful. Please keep sending. She will win this. She’s amazing. Thanks you.’
On Wednesday Sam revealed that Linda had been placed on oxygen and a drip as she continued to battle the deadly virus.
The former glamour model was rushed to hospital with the virus last Friday, and recently admitted she was left in tears while being ‘at death’s door’ with COVID-19
In a post Sam said: ‘No real change in Linda today, I’m afraid. She’s been the same since last night.
‘Still on oxygen and still on a drip, very poorly. She’s eating and drinking regularly. Just needs her oxygen levels to start taking care of themselves before the next big push can happen.
‘She’s still far from well and nowhere near out of the woods. Send your thoughts, Your love, your prayers and your positivity to her. She needs all the help she can get right now.
‘She’s fighting and she is winning. Thank you for all of your amazing and kind messages. So much love. Sam.’
Health battle: It comes just a day after Sam revealed that Linda had been placed on oxygen and needed ‘all the help she could get,’ after she rushed to hospital with COVID-19
Latest: Sam took to Facebook on Tuesday to share another update on his wife’s health, saying that she’s still ‘far from well’
It comes just hours after Linda praised the ‘amazing’ NHS for their care of her as she revealed she and Sam still have ‘a long way to go.’
Both Linda and her husband Sam, 51, were hospitalised on Friday after developing COVID-19 symptoms earlier in the week.
After Sam revealed she had ‘turned a corner’ with the virus on Monday evening, Linda took to Twitter to thank the NHS and her followers.
She said: ‘Just wanted to say thank you for all your kind words. My @samkane1968 went home from hospital today to carry on recovering.
We both tested positive with the virus. I still have a way to go yet The NHS staff have been amazing Their kindness keeps making me cry. Love to you all.’
Grateful: Just hours earlier Linda praised the ‘amazing’ NHS for taking such good care of her as she revealed she and Sam still have ‘a long way to go’ (pictured June 2018)
Together: Both Linda and her husband Sam were hospitalised on Friday after developing COVID-19 symptoms earlier in the week (pictured in 2012)
She said: ‘Just wanted to say thank you for all your kind words. My @samkane1968 went home from hospital today to carry on recovering’
Stronger: As Linda recuperates in hospital, Sam gave fans an update on her condition on Tuesday
As Linda recuperates in hospital, Sam gave fans an update on her condition on Tuesday.
Taking to Twitter, he wrote: ‘She’s getting stronger by the day. Still aways to go but all in the right direction. Thanks angel. Stay safe.’
To another fan, Sam added: ‘Poor girl has been to hell and back. She’s making small steps but she’s recovering. She’s still away from being right but I’m sure out of the woods now.” and said to someone else: All on the right path thank God. Xx’
Tough: Sam added that Linda has ‘been to hell and back’ but is now recovering
On Monday, Sam confirmed Linda had been ‘taken to death’s door after developing coronavirus symptoms.
Sam, 51, posted on Facebook, begging the public to take the self isolation and self distancing rules seriously as he said: ‘I can’t stress enough that this is not ‘just a flu bug’. I’ve watched this take my girl to death’s door.’
Sam wrote on Monday: ‘I can’t stress enough that this is not ‘just a flu bug’. I’ve watched this take my girl to death’s door.’
Hospitalised: After Sam revealed she had ‘turned a corner’ with the virus on Monday evening, Linda took to Twitter to thank the NHS and her followers
‘I’ve felt it take me there. It’s a cruel, vile, remorseless, relentless, dark sickness. It was like three hands. One that’s strangling you. One pushing your face down as it does. The other one ripping your heart out of your chest and it just doesn’t stop… for days’.
‘You’re totally helpless and in its grasp. It’s nothing like flu,’ he continued before pleading with those not adhering to government rules to stop going out.
‘Please stop going out. Passing this around will mean it just takes longer till we’re back to normal. Please stay safe people. Two weeks away from anyone else outside your family should see this gone. It’s that simple. Please stay in.’
Update: Sam posted on Facebook, begging the public to take the self isolation and self distancing rules seriously as he said: ‘I can’t stress enough that this is not ‘just a flu bug’
The day before Sam confirmed he had tested positive for COVID-19, telling his Facebook followers that he had no idea where the couple had contracted the virus.
‘Well. It’s official. I am positive for CoronaVirus. I don’t know if I’m happy or gutted. Probably a bit of both. I hope it’s a one time thing coz I don’t want this again,’ the former actor wrote.
He added that Linda hadn’t received her results yet, but he was ‘certain’ she had the virus.
‘I don’t know Linda’s result yet but regardless of the test, I’m certain that she has it too. We’re told a lot of tests taken come back negative as the testing process is so sensitive. They tell me that tests, in a lot of cases, are false negatives. Kinda and I both had text book symptoms. God knows where we got it. But we did.
‘Cruel’: It’s a cruel, vile, remorseless, relentless, dark sickness,’ Linda’s husband wrote of the illness which has seen them both hospitalised
‘The NHS staff have been beyond incredible. The work and care they are giving at the front line with so little resources is astounding. They’re fearless. The debt of gratitude I owe them for getting my girl back to a sense of normality will be owed for the rest of my life.’
‘Please take care of yourselves. Isolating is the only way now. This has to be stopped and only we can do it. Take care of yourselves. Stay safe. Xxx’
Earlier in the day Sam wrote that he had good news for Mother’s Day, telling his friends: Linda, I believe has turned a corner today. Thank God. Shes not out of the woods just yet but she appears, to my untrained eyes to have gotten over the worst.’
Positive: The day before Sam confirmed he had tested positive for COVID-19, telling his Facebook followers that he had no idea where the couple had contracted the virus
Feeling better: Earlier in the day Sam wrote that he had good news for Mother’s Day, telling his friends: Linda, I believe has turned a corner today’
‘She is feeling a little better. She is eating and drinking. Functioning slowly but well. Her vitals were all normal last night. She had an uncomfortable night but it’s been better than most nights lately. Thank God.’
‘Thank you so much for your love and support. I honestly don’t know where we’d be without it. From the bottom of my heart. Thank you. This is the best Mother’s Day Gift we could have hoped for. God bless you all. Please stay safe. Xxx’
On Friday Sam posted to confirm that he and his wife had been hospitalised after showing symptoms and were about to be tested.
‘Very ill’: Sam Kane posted on Facebook on Friday afternoon that the couple had been hospitalised and would be tested for the virus ‘very soon’
‘To all who know us. Linda and I have been taken to hospital and will be tested for Covid 19 at some point very soon,’ Sam wrote on Facebook.
‘We are both stable but very ill. Thank you for all of your messages of support. Could I please ask that you hold off from any messaging at this time.’
‘Your concern means the world to us. Prayers and positivity in abundance please if you have time. Thank you all. Stay safe. Xxx’
Update: Linda took to Twitter on Thursday afternoon to reveal that the couple had symptoms writing: ‘Sam and I have had COVID-19 symptoms and are in isolation’
Linda took to Twitter on Thursday afternoon to reveal that the couple had symptoms writing: ‘I want to thank you all for your good wishes. Sam and I have had COVID-19 symptoms and are in isolation so we do not spread it to anyone else.
‘We are taking it one-day-at-a-time, that’s all we can do. But let me tell you we’ve never felt this ill, EVER!
‘I wouldn’t wish this on anyone. So stay safe everyone and follow the advice of the experts – please take care of yourselves, loved ones and each other xx’
Unwell: The former Page 3 girl suggested she was positive on Wednesday evening while responding to a fan request for a celebrity video message, ironically to a relative under quarantine in Spain
On Wednesday, the former Page 3 girl, 61, revealed she was struggling with coronavirus symptoms as recorded cases of the highly contagious virus continue to rise across the United Kingdom.
She revealed she had symptoms while responding to a fan request for a celebrity video message, ironically to a relative under quarantine in Spain. Replying to the fan, Linda wrote: ‘Sorry Kerry. I am extremely ill with Corona at the moment.’
Wishing her well, one follower commented: ‘Sending you all our love and hope you feel better soon love you very much.’
While another wrote: ‘Get well soon Linda take care and rest up.’
Happy family: Linda married former Brookside and Emmerdale actor Samuel Kane in 1998; the couple are parents to two children – daughter Lucy, 24, and son Jack, 21
Reaching out to the star, a third added: ‘Wishing you a very speedy recovery.’
Linda married former Brookside and Emmerdale actor Samuel Kane in 1998; the couple are parents to two children – daughter Lucy, 24, and son Jack, 21.
She shared images of herself enjoying a night out with her oldest child and her actor boyfriend Jack Rowan, best known for his roles in Peaky Blinders and controversial new drama Noughts and Crosses, as recently as March 6.
Contact: She shared images of herself enjoying a night out with her oldest child Lucy and her daughter’s actor boyfriend Jack Rowan, best known for his role in Peaky Blinders, as recently as March 6
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