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A WOMAN who was plunged into a coma after being struck down with swine flu has urged people not to forget about the illness.
NHS Oxfordshire is still routinely offering a swine flu jab to people in at-risk groups, including pregnant women and young children.
It is a message Colleen Wright, from Blackbird Leys, will not forget in a hurry after the virus left her hours away from death.
Miss Wright had just given birth to her baby daughter, Honey, in October, when she started to feel ill.
Her mother, Susan, called out-of-hours doctors after Miss Wright?s temperature went up to 39C (102F) and she struggled to breathe.
She was taken to Oxford?s John Radcliffe Hospital and immediately transferred to intensive care, where she fell into a coma as doctors battled in vain against the illness.
The 24-year-old said: ?The last thing I remember saying is ?Get me well for Honey?.
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http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/8137633._Don_t_forget_swine_flu_risk__says_mum_who_nearly_died/
NHS Oxfordshire is still routinely offering a swine flu jab to people in at-risk groups, including pregnant women and young children.
It is a message Colleen Wright, from Blackbird Leys, will not forget in a hurry after the virus left her hours away from death.
Miss Wright had just given birth to her baby daughter, Honey, in October, when she started to feel ill.
Her mother, Susan, called out-of-hours doctors after Miss Wright?s temperature went up to 39C (102F) and she struggled to breathe.
She was taken to Oxford?s John Radcliffe Hospital and immediately transferred to intensive care, where she fell into a coma as doctors battled in vain against the illness.
The 24-year-old said: ?The last thing I remember saying is ?Get me well for Honey?.
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http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/8137633._Don_t_forget_swine_flu_risk__says_mum_who_nearly_died/