Messages of support have flooded in for an Alder Hey nurse who is currently in a coma after catching the flu.
Kate Thomas, from Aigburth, began feeling poorly around two weeks ago with a cough and cold symptoms. The 33-year-old's mum, Alison Thomas, 56, said these symptoms eased after a week, however got worse again last week.
The nurse was take to Arrowe Park Hospital and was moved to intensive care. A heart scan revealed the flu had attacked her heart, so Kate was put into a coma and transferred to heart specialists at Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester.