{"id":31445,"date":"2021-02-11T14:35:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=31445"},"modified":"2021-02-11T14:35:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:35:54","slug":"anonymous-neighbourhood-hero-saves-local-woman-from-collapsing-and-now-she-wants-to-find-him-to-say-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/11\/anonymous-neighbourhood-hero-saves-local-woman-from-collapsing-and-now-she-wants-to-find-him-to-say-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Anonymous Neighbourhood Hero Saves Local Woman From Collapsing and Now She Wants to Find Him to Say Thank You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Walkley woman who experienced an attack due to her autonomic illness was rescued by a good Samaritan and is now looking to thank him.<\/p>\n<p>Dee Collins,39, an artist, suffers from PoTS, a condition that causes an abnormal increase in heart rate after sitting or standing. She noticed her lips were getting blue earlier that day and started to go home to take care of it when she has a sudden attack.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"bp9cbjyn j83agx80 taijpn5t pnzxbu4t n626y76b\" data-pagelet=\"MessengerMediaViewerPhoto\">\n<div class=\"bp9cbjyn j83agx80 taijpn5t nwf6jgls l9j0dhe7\">\n<div id=\"attachment_31529\" style=\"width: 348px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31529\" class=\" wp-image-31529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/148573136_3942270115837661_1800912376118875558_n-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dee Collins\" width=\"338\" height=\"451\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dee Collins<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She said: \u201cI felt very dizzy, I could feel my heart pounding and I was afraid of collapsing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily she was able to wave down a man nearby who sat with her and gave her hot chocolate to drink as she went through the ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was mortified asking but I thought if I didn\u2019t, I may end up unconscious freezing in the snow\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31516\" style=\"width: 467px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31516\" class=\" wp-image-31516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/denise-jans-sAaLufZlBSw-unsplash-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a snowy road with a child on a bicycle by Denise Jans\" width=\"457\" height=\"257\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Bike Ride by Denise Jans<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The man gave her a ride to the top of the hill, where she was able to get home safely and take her medication.<\/p>\n<p>Through that traumatic incident, Mrs Collins did not get the man\u2019s name or any form of identification and would love to thank him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I could meet him, I would say thank you so much, you have no idea how helpful that was\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The only physical description she was able to remember is that he has brown curly hair and is average height as he was wearing a mask.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Collins says she wishes she more people were this kind and had more awareness of this illness as not all health conditions are visible. Websites like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.potsuk.org\/\">www.potsuk.org<\/a> help raise awareness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve fainted in the street before and people have stepped over me. When people see that they just think you\u2019re drunk, they don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the illness can be debilitating, it\u2019s not all doom and gloom according to Mrs Collins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s all about your attitude. I\u2019ve learned to live a full and happy life surrounded by supportive people despite the illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31536\" style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31536\" class=\" wp-image-31536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/robina-weermeijer-NIuGLCC7q54-unsplash-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"A Plastic Anatomical Heart by Robina Weermeijer\" width=\"293\" height=\"440\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Plastic Anatomical Heart by Robina Weermeijer<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After having bad experiences fainting in the street Dee Collins was pleasantly surprised when a kind stranger helped her through her PoTS episode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":31451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[70,38],"class_list":["post-31445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-pots","tag-sheffield"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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