A mother-of-three from Leicester died after suffering a rare catastrophic reaction to the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccination, her family has said.
Lucy Taberer, 47, fell seriously ill after getting the jab and developed blood clots on her brain causing a massive stroke.
Lucy’s heartbroken partner and fiance Mark Tomlin, from Aylestone, told LeicestershireLive about the devastating impact her death has had on him and their five-year-old son Orson.
He said Lucy, a playgroup leader, initially experienced mild and common side effects in the days after she was vaccinated at the Peepul Centre in Belgrave on March 19.
But her condition gradually worsened causing her to be rushed into hospital and despite the best efforts of medics to save her, she died 22 days after being vaccinated.
Mark said: “She knew there might be some side effects but she wasn’t worried.
“We thought they would just clear up as most people’s do.
“She had a pain in her side so she went to see her GP who said it was kidney stones and prescribed her some painkillers.
“That reassured her and she didn’t think it was anything to do with the vaccine but things just started to get worse and the panic began.
“She developed a bruise about the size of a tennis ball on her.
“Normally she had all the energy in the world but she became tired and lethargic.
“Then she got a really bad rash on her face and side.
“Her gums started to change colour and we got really worried.”On April 1 – 13 days after her vaccination – Lucy was rushed to the Leicester Royal Infirmary where blood clots were diagnosed.
Doctors treated her with blood thinning drugs but her condition worsened still but she had blood clots and she suffered a massive stroke.
She was then transferred to the intensive care unit at Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) but, despite surgery to save her, consultants said there was nothing more that could be done for her and recommended her life support be switched off on April 10.
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