Grieving family find wrapped Christmas presents left by their loving grandmother, 69, after she died from Covid following stay in virus outbreak hospital
- Iris Davies contracted virus after being treated for gastroenteritis and Bronchitis
- Readmitted to Royal Glamorgan Hospital, which has recorded 43 covid deaths
- Heartbroken family said Iris would always prepare for events way ahead of time
- Iris, of Ynyshir, Rhondda Valleys, even ordered food online to feed husband Joe
A heartbroken family found wrapped Christmas presents left by their loving grandmother – days after she died of coronavirus.
Super organised Iris Davies had already bought presents for her grandchildren and had wrapped them up in time for Christmas.
The doting 69-year-old was admitted to hospital as she fought off gastroenteritis and Bronchitis.
Loving grandmother Iris (pictured with two of her grandchildren) was being treated at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital – the scene of a coronavirus outbreak that has led to 43 deaths
Despite being ill, the grandmother-of-four continued to blog from her bed so she could keep friends updated on her progress.
Grandmother Iris was being treated at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital – the scene of a coronavirus outbreak that has led to 43 deaths.
She was discharged and sent home but later readmitted and tested positive for the virus.
Her family say Iris was always looking after her relatives and would always prepare for events ahead of time – including Christmas.
Granddaughter Molly Evans said: ‘My Gran would panic so much over things like not having enough food or the right food for the family we would call her ‘granny panic’ she even made her own Instagram with that as her username.
‘Anyone who knows my Gran has spoken about her funeral for years she even bought me an expensive bracelet for my 18th birthday ‘just in case she died’ and I ‘have something to remember her’.
‘There’s so many more stories to tell but I’ll leave with how amazing it was to have someone love me so fiercely.’
Iris, of Ynyshir in the Rhondda Valleys, South Wales, even made supermarket orders from hospital to feed her husband Joe of 38-years.
Iris, of Ynyshir in the Rhondda Valleys, was so organised she even ordered food shopping online from her bed so her husband of 38-years Joe would not go hungry
She regularly updated her online social media accounts to keep others updated and joked about her ‘fellow inmates.’
Iris spent four days in hospital at the end of September and tested negative for coronavirus twice.
A doctor then told her about the situation of the outbreak and advised she be treated at home.
Iris wrote: ‘He explained that the Covid situation was getting critical and his preference would be to get me home where I could continue my treatment.’
But she returned to hospital on October 6 and tested positive.
Iris’s (pictured) heartbroken family said the ‘Only thing she was better at than being a mam was being a gran’
Iris wrote: ‘I knew I was in trouble when my favourite nurse come in and asked if anybody had been to see me.
‘When I said no, she sat on the bed (well there were no chairs) she held my hand in her gloved one and told me I was Covid positive and was being transferred straight away upstairs.’
The family do not know how she caught coronavirus but have thanked staff at the hospital for their care.
Daughter Janine Evans said: ‘We are completely devastated to have to say that we have lost our beautiful mam, gran, wife and friend.
‘She was the best and I don’t think our lives will ever be the same again.
‘We would like to thank everybody for their messages of support and all the staff at Royal Glamorgan Hospital both you and her tried so hard but at the end of the day the virus was too much for her.’
Son Andrew Davies added: ‘Only thing she was better at than being a mam was being a gran. Incredible love and nothing compared to her four grandkids.’