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Fiona O'Laughlin's deadly coma - all due to household appliance

'I was given a seven per cent chance of survival' - by New Idea
  • 28 Jun 2017
Fiona O'Laughlin's deadly coma - all due to household appliance
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Australian comedian Fiona O’Laughlin has opened up about the terrifying medical drama that saw her given just a seven per cent chance of survival.

 

Speaking on Gold104.3’s Jo & Lehmo show, Fiona revealed how she fell into a month-long coma after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning from her heater.

Although she has since made a full recovery, the much-loved star said she initially didn’t pick up on the symptoms.

“It went over the course of a month. I forgot things, I thought I was getting early Alzheimer’s,” she stated.

“I was forgetting things, forgetting my kids’ names. But then I did forget I was an alcoholic," she said, making light of her much-documented struggles with addiction.

What Fiona didn’t realise was that she was being slowly poisoned.

“I was given a seven per cent chance of life. Guess what? I didn’t die,” she laughed.

After four weeks, O'Loughlin emerged from her coma and has since made a full recovery. She hasn't experienced any long-term side effects from the poisoning.

Often referred to as “the silent killer’ carbon monoxide is colourless and odourless and has the ability to incapacitate people without them realising.

 

 

 

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