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I saved my life to walk down the aisle!

Natasha had always dreamed of getting married, so she was thrilled when her boyfriend of four years, Scott, proposed by dressing their two-year-old daughter, Evie-Mae in a babygrow emblazoned with the words ‘Mummy, will you marry Daddy?’. Within two months, she had picked her dress and selected nine bridesmaids. But just three months before her dream wedding, Natasha contracted the deadly blood infection, sepsis. Luckily, NHS call handler Natasha recognised the symptoms – including a fever, fatigue and disorientation – and an ambulance was promptly called to rush her to hospital. There, Natasha was put in an induced coma as doctors battled to save her life. Her devastated fiance and family were warned that she may not survive. Thankfully, Natasha pulled through and last month she walked down the aisle. She said: “Almost dying made my day so much more special. It was everything I had always dreamed of.”

Natasha’s inspiring story appeared on the Mirror and Mail Online.

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Son’s allergic reaction almost burnt him alive

Little Declan Bitmead-Ellis was left fighting for his life after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to tonsillitis medication led him to develop the deadly condition, TEN (toxic epidermal necrolysis). Mum Ashleigh watched in horror as his skin burned from the inside and his eyes fused shut. Now recovered, the brave six-year-old is back at school but has to wear special sunglasses to protect his eyes from the sun.

Proud Ashleigh shared Declan’s story in Pick Me Up.

 

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From kebab to ke-babe: I lost 13st after fast food attack

 

Gorgeous Emily lost a massive 13st after a cruel gang of boys shouted ‘Oi, fatty’ and launched a kebab at her. Now a size 10, she’s happier than ever.

Read her story in this week’s Pick Me Up.