Author Michael Rosen shares experience of battle with Covid-19 By Press Association June 29 2020, 6:38am June 29 2020, 6:38am Share Author Michael Rosen shares experience of battle with Covid-19 Share via Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Messenger Email Post link https://www.thecourier.co.uk/lifestyle/1406990/author-michael-rosen-shares-experience-of-battle-with-covid-19/ Copy Link Michael Rosen spent weeks in intensive care battling Covid-19 (Ian West/ PA) Children’s author Michael Rosen spent seven weeks on a ventilator with Covid-19 and was told he “might not wake up”. The poet and author, 74, was treated in intensive care by doctors after he was admitted to hospital in March. He told BBC Radio 4: “They handed me a piece of paper and said you’ve got a 50/50 chance. The children’s author said doctors gave him a ’50/50 chance’ (Ian West/PA) “I said ‘Well are you telling me that’s better than the chance I’ve got now?’ “And I said ‘Are you telling me I might not wake up?’ and they said ‘Yes’, then I signed something.” Rosen, a former Children’s Laureate, is known for books including We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, Little Rabbit Foo Foo and Chocolate Cake.
