28-year-old Rebecca
Morris-Roberts suffers an extremely rare condition which stops her heart and
breathing until she is technically dead. But seconds later, her body manages to
'jump-start' itself, bringing Rebecca back to life.
She has suffered reflex
anoxic seizures - thought to affect only four people in the UK - since she was
a teenager. And they are usually brought on by a bout of nerves.
“My eyes roll up into my
head, my lips and face turn grey, my body stiffens, I stop breathing and begin
to convulse,” she said.
“When I go through it
I’m out for the count and I don’t know anything about it until I come around.
My body somehow ‘defibs’ itself. It’s such an unusual condition and I have no
idea what causes it. I do something even superheroes can’t do – I regenerate!”
So when she decided to
tie the knot with long-term boyfriend Elfyn Morris-Roberts in April 2014, her
family feared she might “die” walking down the aisle.
After much deliberation Rebecca, decided to have a pacemaker fitted just three
months before the big day.
“I didn’t initially want
to have it. From the age of 16 to 21, I was told by various doctors that I was
making it up and being a drama queen,” said Rebecca, who is originally from
Wrexham.
Dear
Bunmi,
