BBC that in the week between Norma and her partner's funeral, the hospital called the family to say that they weren't sure if he would survive.
He was placed in a coma and spent three weeks in intensive care before finally making a recovery.She said: "There was a sense of relief obviously, because I don't think we could have coped with losing Scott as well.
When we were able to speak to him and see him, we were elated with that. It was lovely."Scott weighed 22 stone (140kg) before he fell ill.
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