A 100-year-old inspirational grandma beat COVID-19 and recovered from the deadly novel coronavirus after surviving two heart attacks, scarlet fever, and measles.
Rose Heeley is a great-great-grandmother and one of a few centenarians that have beaten the killer bug and lived to share the stories of their lives.
As the gran’s family suggested, Rose is like a boomerang who always recovers and returns from anything life throws at her.
“Everything I’ve done, everything I’ve seen and what I’ve learnt has always been through hard work and sheer grit. I wasn’t about to let this beat me,” the determined lady said in an interview with The Sun after being declared COVID-19-free following 18 days of treatment.
“This coronavirus has been the worst thing ever. It was truly awful, frightening. But nothing bothers me.”
As 49-year-old Tracey Appleyard, Rose’s granddaughter, confirmed, the centenarian always “gets back up” from anything she faces.
“She’s been through it all — scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough, diphtheria and flu. She just gets back up,” she said.
According to Appleyard, Rose is their “little boomerang” who “never fails to come back with a vengeance.”
The 100-year-old was a preemie baby born in 1919. In spite of numerous health issues, including two heart attacks and knee replacements, Rose has always managed to pull herself back together and rock on.
“She swears by a cup of tea with a drop of whisky and a ginger nut every day,” Tracey explained.
As for the strong and brave grandma, she also had a message of her own to share with her fellow countrymen and countrywomen.
“To the British people I say this — don’t let it get you down. There’s nowt to get you down if you’re British. We had it in the war where we had to go without this and we had to go without that,” Rose said.
“We had one pair of shoes between us and we shared them. This is nothing like war-time. It’s a plague and just as it came it will go and everything will be better.”
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