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Hollie Bone & Lucy John

Mum-of-two woke up paralysed, then lost her hearing and is now losing her sight but doctors can't say why

A young mum who became paralysed overnight still doesn't know why it happened more than a year later

Lisa Harris, from Merthyr Tydfil, had trouble walking for years. But she had otherwise lived a healthy and normal life until December, 2020, when she woke up one morning and collapsed.

Since that day, the 28-year-old has become a quadriplegic confined to a wheelchair, has lost her hearing, and is now also losing her vision.

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