A little girl twice has saved her mother's life by using an Alexa device to call for help.
Emma Anderson, 27, had both medical episodes following a heart transplant following her diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy when she was just a teenager.
When she passed out, little Darcy, now six, rushed to her aid to save her mum's life.
"We told Darcey that mummy had a sore heart so she’s always known I’ve had heart problems," Emma, from Robroyston in Glasgow, told the Daily Record.
"I set up the Alexa so that if I passed out or was feeling unwell all she had to do was say, ‘Alexa, call help!’, and that would call my mum who lives around the corner."
"And she’s had to call on Alexa a couple of times, she even called an ambulance on her own and that time I was in a really bad way. I’m so proud of her, she is a wee superstar."
Emma has appeared in a music video by Scots chart star Tom Walker since her recovery from the heart transplant last year.
The singer was so touched by footage Emma had made and posted on TikTok, documenting her heart journey, he invited her to London to appear in a music video featuring people who had inspired him.
Emma says the transplant has been so transformative she was able to marry her partner Conner in July last year.
"Since my transplant I have a totally new life now. I can actually walk to school and pick her up and walk back again, something I could never do before," the mother continued.
“Over Easter, I managed to take Darcey swimming and to the play park, the farm park, simple things I wasn’t able to do before, I can do now. I’m able to be a mummy now.
“Getting a transplant is a very hard road, it’s not easy. I was on life support and all sorts of other treatments after my operation for a long while, and my muscles deteriorated so much I couldn’t walk any more.
“The only thing I seemed to care about once I was better was learning to walk again so I could walk down that aisle and get married. I was literally discharged just over a week before the wedding, I still had stitches in walking down the aisle."
Emma, who had surgery at NHS Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank, described appearing in Walker's video as "absolutely incredible".
The NHS says the case highlights how valuable the service remains - 75 years on from the NHS' creation.
Chief executive of NHS Golden Jubilee, Gordon James, said: “As we celebrate 75 years of the NHS, Emma’s inspiring story shows us how valuable and crucial the life-saving care the NHS provides is to our patients.”
