'The pandemic isn't over': Family devastated after 37-year-old father dies fighting COVID-19 Loved ones say Paul Jewett had no underlying conditions Share Updated: 6:52 AM EDT Apr 20, 2021 Dan Griffin Loved ones say Paul Jewett had no underlying conditions Share Updated: 6:52 AM EDT Apr 20, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript OF THIS. HE WAS HEALTHY. A MONTH AND A HALF AGO AND NOW HE’S GONE. STANDING IN FRONT OF A HOME MADE OF DREAMS AND EXPECTING A NEW BABY BOY, CHRISTINA JEWETT FEELS THE UNEXPECTED LOSS OF HER 37 YEAR OLD HUSBAND PAUL. HE WAS LAUGHING ALWAYS SMILING ANYBODY THAT KNEW HIM. HE DIDN’T KNOW A STRANGER. HE WAS A REAL ESTATE AGENT A FATHER OF FIVE BOYS AND HAD PROJECTS IN MIND FOR THEIR NEW HOME IN HAMILTON CHRISTINA IN ER NURSE. PAUL DEVELOPED A HIGH FEVER MARCH 4TH AND FOUGHT IT OFF DAYS LATER A TEST SHOWED. HE HAD COVID-19 BY MARCH 11TH. SHE SAYS HE WAS ADMITTED TO MERCY WEST WITH RAVAGED LUNGS AND THEY WERE GIVING HIM EVERYTHING. HE GOT MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES. HE GOT PLASMA HE GOT SOME MEDICATIONS THE NURSES HADN’T EVEN HEARD OF SHE SAYS HIS CONDITION WORSENED. PAUL WAS PUT AN INTENSIVE CARE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST AND HAD A LUNG COLLAPSE. CHRISTINA SAYS HE HAD NO UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. HE WASN’T A SMOKER. HE DIDN’T HAVE ASTHMA. HE WAS HEALTHY. CHRISTINA SAYS PAUL WAS CAREFLIGHTED TO CHRIST HOSPITAL APRIL 1ST SATURDAY. HE DIED. I’VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE REACH OUT AND SAY I’M GETTING MY SHOT. I JUST I WANT YOU TO KNOW PAUL’S STORY HAS AFFECTED ME LIKE I DID NOT REALIZE I’M GONNA GET MY SHOT. I’M GONNA WEAR THE MASK. SHE HOPES PAUL’S DEATH WILL INSPIRE PEOPLE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS SHE CARRIES ON THEIR DREAMS. I GOT 10 YEARS OF TRUE IS LOVE I EVER IMAGINE I MEAN AND I’M BLESSED WITH THAT. AND STANDING HERE AT THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT. CHRISTINA TELLS ME THAT SHE AND TWO OF THE BOYS ACTUALLY HAD COVID-19. WELL BEFORE ANY OF THIS HAPPENED WITH PAUL, BUT SHE SAYS WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THEIR CASES WAS THAT THEIRS HAPPENED TO BE MILD. THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT HIS WOULD BE SO SEVERE THEIR NEW BABY IS SAID TO BE BORN ON MOTHER’S DAY AND THEY PLAN TO LAY PAUL TO REST ON MAY