Lyndon Dykes has confessed he was “just happy to get through” his terrifying health scare.
The Scotland striker has opened up on sheer levels of emotion which overtook him as he ended up seriously ill in hospital in late January. Dykes spent eight days in critical care with pneumonia. Bold and brash on the park, the 27-year-old suddenly felt vulnerable and fearful. Dykes had never been in hospital before. Now he was surrounded by fellow patients, attached to drips and not sure what was coming next.
Playing football again wasn’t even on his mind. Just getting better was enough as he explained when looking back with searing realism. Dykes said: “I was happy just to get through it, to be honest. It was a tough time. I was playing with a bit of the illness for a week with QPR. I had sort of flu symptoms, a temperature, a cough, not feeling great.
