Scared I Won't Wake Up

Jade doesn’t want to live her life in fear.

- Cher Heasmer

Jade Cooper, 25,

Chipping Norton

Everything started when I was 4, and suffered a brain haemorrhage.

It was caused by a cavernous angioma – an abnormally large blood vessel in the brain.

Thankfully, I was OK, but it’d left scarring on my brain.

I began having seizures. And, after many tests, aged 11 I was diagnosed with epilepsy.

Over the years, I tried various anti-epilepsy drugs, but my seizures were hard to control.

I had regular absence seizures, which made my mind go blank for a few minutes.