A devastated family from South Shields has paid tribute to a "kind and generous" son and brother who passed away at the age of just 31 after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Lewis Slesser, who was known as Lewey, was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) at the age of just three and despite doctors saying he would not live past his teenage years, he went on to live a full and happy life. However, on October 18 he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest.
He was resuscitated and taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary where he was put in the intensive care unit. However, despite everyone's best attempts, Lewey was severely ill and his parents Anne and Gary had to make the heartbreaking decision to turn his life support machine off.
