A 20-year-old woman, a former care worker, suffers up to 100 seizures a day after she was diagnosed with non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD).
Watch the woman and her dog who acts as a seizure dog
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Lucy Brown, from Warrington, Cheshire, was forced to leave her job and move back to live with her parents. She was left housebound and lost many friends as she was unable to go out due to her condition.
The only thing that kept her going was her dog – Freddie, a two-year-old Labrador who acts like a support dog and saves her life every day despite having no formal training.
During a seizure, Freddie licks and paws at his owner until she wakes up.
Lucy said about Freddie: “He does what seizure dogs do – he licks me and paws me to bring me round but has never had any training. He’s the main reason I moved back home.”
“He will help me when I’m on my own.point 240 |
He’s my dog – I got him as a puppy.point 30 | He’s always by my side and will just lie with me.point 71 | I can’t remember the first time he helped but, from what I’ve been told, he just ran straight over to me, starting licking my face and cuddled his body into me.point 205 |
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She also praised Bradley, her partner of five years, for never giving up on her. Lucy lost many old friends due to her condition but Bradley and Freddie gave her strength.
She said: “Socialising is just no good as you’re in fear of having one [a seizure]. I’ve lost a lot of friends. Friends use to invite me to go out but due to so many last-minute cancellations they naturally stopped asking.”
Now, Lucy wants to raise awareness about the condition and wants to help people like her by sharing her story.
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