BOOMERGRAN! Great-great-gran, 100, beats coronavirus after also surviving heart attacks, measles, whooping cough and scarlet fever

 A GREAT-great gran aged 100 told of conquering Covid-19 after also surviving heart attacks, scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough, diphtheria and flu. Rose Heeley, 100, has added coronavirus to the list of health issues she's beaten - including heart attacks and measles
Rose Heeley, 100, has added coronavirus to the list of health issues she's beaten - including heart attacks and measles
 Rose was applauded by NHS medics after winning her 18-day battle with coronavirus
Rose Heeley has been likened to a boomerang by her family — because she always comes back.pirctured on her 100th birthday, has urged the Brits to not let coronavirus 'get you down'





Rose was applauded by NHS medics after winning her 18-day battle with coronavirus

She gave the thumbs up after winning her 18-day hospital battle with the coronavirus.
Earlier, she did a jig in her wheelchair as doctors and nurses clapped and rang a bell.
Showing true grit, she arrived back at her bungalow, put the kettle on and settled down to watch one of her John Wayne films.
She told The Sun: “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. This coronavirus has been the worst thing ever. It was truly awful, frightening. But nothing bothers me.”
Rose’s grand-daughter Tracey Appleyard, 49, said: “She’s our little boomerang — she never fails to come back with a vengeance.
“We were all so worried about her having the virus but we knew she was in safe hands and would come out dancing.
“She’s been through it all — scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough, diphtheria and flu. She just gets back up.” Rose, born in 1919, worked in factories in Sheffield during and after WW2Rose, born

 in 1919, worked in factories in Sheffield during and after WW2

 Rose, pictured on her 100th birthday, has urged the Brits to not let coronavirus 'get you down''MADE OF GRIT'

Rose worked in factories in her home city Sheffield during and after World War Two.
Tracey, added: “She was born in 1919 as a premature baby and could fit into a pint pot. She’s seen and done so much in her life. She’s had two heart attacks and has angina.
“She’s also had two knee replacements — the first at 90 and the second at 92 — but she keeps on going.
“She swears by a cup of tea with a drop of whisky and a ginger nut every day.”
Battling Rose also gave a message to the nation.
She said: “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.
“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.”
Mum-of-four Rose, who has 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandkids, fell ill at the start of last month. She was taken to the city's Northern General Hospital days later as her condition deteriorated.
Son Roger, 73, said: “We were very worried but if anybody could get through it, she could — because she just doesn'’t give in.
“She's only small, five foot and a bit, but she’s made of grit.
“She's just so strong willed and as tough as old boots. She’s determined to go on for as long as possible.
“She’s a wonder woman. You can’t believe some of the things she’s done, seen, come through.
“And then she has a laugh and a joke about it. When they wheeled her out of the ward. she had a little dance in the wheelchair.”
Professor Chris Morley, chief nurse at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "She's an extraordinary lady.” Matron Katie Ashton said: “She has an amazing spirit and it was so uplifting to be able to clap her out of the ward on discharge.”
 Rose has 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and seven great-greatgrandkids
Rose has 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and seven great-greatgrandkids

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