Rebecca
After suffering a devastating brain virus, lively 18-year-old Rebecca is now thriving at St Piers School, enjoying outdoor activities and sports, and developing her interest in beauty therapy.
It all started with a sore throat and headache – innocuous sounding symptoms which, sadly, in Rebecca’s case, led to a coma. Specialists eventually diagnosed a brain virus. During her five week coma, Rebecca suffered constant seizures. She was put on a life support machine and declared brain dead. But, after two-and-a-half weeks, Rebecca woke up.
At a specialist rehabilitation unit, Rebecca learnt to walk, talk and feed herself again. She progressed well, returning home in a wheelchair and just after five months and physiotherapy, started at a special school. She became unhappy because she was the only student with epilepsy. Now, at St Piers School, lively and energetic Rebecca mixes with other young people who also have seizures, and feels less isolated.
At home, Rebecca aims to lead as normal a life as possible with her twin brother, older and younger sisters and a full-time carer.
She enjoys Facebook and keeping up-to-date with her friends. Rebecca loves being at home during the school holidays but also looks forward to going back to school
her mum says.
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