Woman kicked boyfriend out of bed for 'snoring' but he was having heart attack

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Woman kicked boyfriend out of bed for 'snoring' but he was having heart attack

 

Lewis Little, 25, with son Tyler and partner Lisa Lee

 

A YOUNG mum kicked her boyfriend out of bed for snoring, before discovering the noise was actually his dying breaths after his heart stopped beating.

 

Heartbroken Lisa Lee says she had been assured by medics that her partner Lewis Little, who suffered from a rare heart condition called Brugada syndrome, was a low risk sufferer of the disorder.

 

But he died suddenly in the night, aged 25, and the snoring sound Lisa heard was actually the air leaving his body and passing through the vocal chords.

 

The mum-of-one has now started a petition to get people with the rare condition fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), a device which restarts the heart. She believes an ICD would have saved her boyfriend's life.

 

Lisa, 25, said: "We were told that Lewis would have a long, happy and healthy life - but he died one year after diagnosis. "When we were in bed I just thought he was snoring, so I kicked him out of the bed and told him to shut up.

 

"But I felt that the sheets were wet and knew something was wrong. I turned the lights on and his face was purple - he wasn't breathing.

 

"I called an ambulance and it felt like it took forever. They pronounced him dead at the hospital. I later found out that the snoring sound was the air leaving his body.

 

The couple, from Ashington, Northumberland, UK, visited both the Wansbeck Hospital, in Ashington and the Freeman Hospital, in Newcastle, for regular check ups after learning about Lewis' condition, but say they were assured that he was "low-risk".

 

Lewis, who worked as an agency worker, lived a completely normal and active life and was not prescribed any medication for the condition.

 

The sales assistant said: "I know I can't change what happened to my family, but I just want to save other families from going through the same grief because of Brugada.

 

"Lewis should have had the option to have an ICD fitted, but he wasn't "high risk" enough. Things like this can't be categorised. "Lewis was my soul mate. He would always say to me that he would propose - he had already picked out our wedding song.

 

"It has just put everything into perspective, life is so short and I feel like I was very naive to think that nothing like this would ever happen."

 

Brugada syndrome

 

Brugada syndrome is an uncommon, but serious, heart condition which can result in abnormally rapid heart rhythms that can cause palpitations or fainting.

 

The problem can be genetic, or may be passed on in families but it is possible for people with the condition to have no symptoms at all.

 

The condition is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young, healthy people and may not be diagnosed because there are no visible abnormalities. thesun

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Very sad and I sure hope she can get the ICD passed