A British Paralympian has revealed how she woke up blind from a coma three months after eating in a fast-food restaurant.
Lizzi Jordan, 26, is hoping for gold when she cycles with pilot Danni Khan at the Paralympic Games in Paris this week.
She has opened up about how she lost her eyesight after contracting E. coli from a takeaway meal that she had shared with her family in 2017.
“From what I understand, it started with a very bad upset stomach, extreme stomach cramps. We went to the GP, who said it would pass, just like a tummy bug,” she told Cycling Weekly.
“I had multiple organ failure, and was very much on the edge of life. It was extremely touch and go.”
Her condition worsened, which resulted in her being taken to A&E, where she was put into an induced coma. After three months, she woke to find she had lost her eyesight.
