A runner who spent five days in a coma after suffering a pulmonary embolism during a race in 2019 has just completed the London Marathon for the hospital that saved her life. Beth Mullan Feroze, a lawyer from Highams Park, north-east London, was given “very low” odds of survival after collapsing soon after the race.
Seemingly fit and healthy, Beth began to struggle with breathlessness mid-race, and later collapsed unconscious at home. Husband Pete, who works in marketing, called an ambulance and she was rushed to St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where she was placed in a coma to protect her organs from shutting down.
The 34-year-old woke up in intensive care five days later and was shocked to learn she had a prothrombin gene mutation, also known as a Factor II mutation. This increases the likelihood of suffering potentially lethal blood clots, with Beth having suffered a pulmonary embolism - a blocked blood vessel in the lungs.
