Two Sydney sisters have built their own DIY Covid hospital ward for their 94-year-old grandfather after he was turned away from his nursing home for catching the virus.
Elderly Ted Cavanagh likely caught the deadly disease in Sydney's Northern Beaches Hospital while he was being treated there after a nasty fall at his nursing home.
Being double vaccinated, he was soon well enough to leave with doctors needing his bed for critically ill Covid patients - but his nursing home said he was too infectious to return.
Now Ted - known as Pop - has moved in with granddaughters Olivia and Brittany Mitchell after they converted an entire floor of their home into a DIY Covid ward.
Sydney sisters Brittany (pictured left) and Olivia (right) Mitchell have built their own DIY Covid hospital ward for their 94 year old grandfather Ted Cavanagh (centre) after he was turned away from his nursing home for catching the virus
Now Ted - known as Pop - has moved in with granddaughters Olivia and Brittany Mitchell (pictured) after they converted an entire floor of their home into a DIY Covid ward
'We're just doing what we can to keep to keep us safe and to keep Pop safe as well,' Brittany told Nine's A Current Affair on Thursday. 'We wouldn't have it any other way.
'I'd do anything for Pop.'
The two sisters lost their 56-year-old mother Jan to cancer four years ago and were determined to do everything they could to help their granddad.
He had already been double-vaccinated when he caught the disease and they're convinced that is why he managed to survive and move in with them.
Elderly Ted Cavanagh caught the deadly disease in Sydney's Northern Beaches Hospital (pictured) while he was being treated there after a nasty fall at his nursing home
But while he's still contagious, the single-dose vaccinated sisters are taking no chances.
They enlisted the help of a nurse friend who works in an ICU on how to set up the home Covid ward and drew up a list of strict protocols to keep everyone safe.
Now dressed from head to toe in PPE, they are providing round the clock care and sustenance to their grandfather as he shrugs off the disease.
And despite his age and still infected with Covid, he's already working out daily in their yard, doing 60 push-ups and planking for 60 seconds at a time.
The two sisters lost their 56-year old mother Jan (pictured centre) to cancer four years ago and were determined to do everything they could to help their granddad
Despite his age and Covid, Ted Cavagh (pictured) is already working out daily in their yard, doing 60 push-ups and planking for 60 seconds at a time
'He look so well, it's hard not to hug him,' said Olivia.
'Our Pop is the most special man. He really is like the light of my life. I always look at him in awe.'
They admit they feared the worst when they first heard about the fall and rushed to the nursing home to take him to hospital themselves.
Those fears increased when he was diagnosed with Covid while he was there.
'It was devastating,' said Olivia. 'It was really upsetting. When Brittany told me, "Pop's been diagnosed with COVID," your mind
