Teen, 17, paralysed and fighting for her life after ‘period pains’ left her struggling to breathe

WHEN she suddenly suffered heavy bleeding two days before Christmas, Shakira Gorman blamed it on her period. But within minutes the "fit and healthy" 17-year-old from Banbury in Oxfordshire, struggled to breathe and lost the feeling in her arms and hands. After being rushed to John Radcliffe Hospital, medics put her on a ventilator in...