‘Put on life support, the world faded away...’ About to turn 25, I’d been buzzing with excitement! I’d planned a cosy celebration with my partner, Steve Hall, and our gorgeous girls, Lacey, then 6, Nicole, 5, and Scarlett-Rose, 1.
The only problem was, I was feeling rubbish.
‘I just hope I shift this flu first,’ I moaned to Steve, then 26.
I’d been feeling ropey for days.
Fever, sore throat, headache, cough - the works.
Plus, I had my period, so felt generally grotty.
By 21 August 2012, four days before birthday I started vomiting and could barely move off the sofa.
Steve was at his job at a pawnbroker’s, so my mum, Sandra, 46, popped over to help with the kids.
‘It sounds like flu,’ my GP said, when…
