A woman whose lifelong dream of becoming a paramedic was shattered by a shock epilepsy diagnosis aged 21 when she “had a seizure and lost everything” has since found a “new norm” with a career in law and wishes to give the message that there is “hope, no matter what you’ve lost”.
Ellie Adams, 28, who now works as a senior paralegal, said she had dreamed of becoming a paramedic “as early as (she) can remember” and felt it was what she was born to do.
She said she did everything possible to achieve that goal, including choosing the relevant subjects for her GCSEs and A-levels, and completing voluntary work, and she was later accepted to study paramedic science at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich.
