Vaccinated Ayrshire mum warns of Covid complacency after virus causes deadly blood clot
Ayrshire mum has warned people not to be complacent with Covid after a life-threatening blood clot left her hours away from death.Gail Merry was rushed to Ayr Hospital last month after coronavirus struck her down just days after receiving her first AstraZeneca jab.The 46-year-old from Mossblown began to display symptoms of a sore throat, fever and loss of taste and smell after a positive test on Saturday, May 29 having had her shot on Monday, May 24.But within two weeks, Gail found herself being transferred to Kilmarnock's Crosshouse Hospital's intensive care unit where medics battled a potentially deadly clot between her heart and lung.Gail admits she believed the virus would be “just like flu” and considers herself active and healthy