A loving mum is "proud beyond belief" after her teenage son performed CPR on her for seven minutes saving her life.
Kathy Robinson, 39, told the ECHO she collapsed while upstairs in her Newton-le-Willows home on Friday, April 21. Kathy said she had never fainted before but the last she remembers was shouting downstairs to her 14-year-old son Billy Ward asking him what he wanted for his tea.
Speaking to the ECHO from her hospital bed this morning, Kathy said: "Billy heard a crash and sprinted up the stairs. He put me in the recovery position, rang an ambulance and immediately began to carry out CPR with compressions and mouth to mouth. He did it for seven minutes non stop - sweat was pouring off his forehead and dripping onto me.
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"He acted purely on instinct. Sometimes he's away with the fairies when he's doing his boxing in the garden but he knew exactly how to act. If my hero son wasn't at home I wouldn't be here talking today."
Kathy, who is a healthcare professional, told the ECHO she taught Billy how to perform CPR so he had the skills to help people if he ever needed to. Kathy said "nothing can ever prepare someone to do that" - but Billy's "strength took over his fear and there was no stopping him".
The mum-of-one said her son was "traumatised" by the events and has been checking in with her. She said: "I'm upset that he had to see that - it was traumatising for him. He's just a young lad - he shouldn't have had to do something like that.
"He's constantly ringing and texting me - he's terrified that if I close my eyes I won't open them again. He's understandably paranoid and upset. He's thinking 'what if I wasn't there' and is worried about going out and leaving me."
Kathy said she has remained in hospital over the weekend and has had several tests. She is also seeing a doctor tomorrow to establish when she can go home.
She said the most pain is coming from her broken ribs from the pressure Billy put on them while performing the compressions. She added: "I feel like I've been run-over" - and Billy has a lot of strength from his boxing career.
She said: "It's sickening to think about why I fainted and what would have happened if I was alone. I don't know if that's a sign I need to ease up with my work."
She told the ECHO: "I'm mega-proud of what he did. He's a good lad who has never given me any trouble. The paramedics fist-bumped him and said they couldn't believe how he had done it so quickly.
"One of the paramedics said he had worked for 25-years and ever seen it done so professionally. I want everyone to know what he's done. I'm so proud of my boy."
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