Paralysed woman in coma hears husband talk about switching off life support

A woman paralysed by a rare condition heard doctors asking permission to switch off her life support machine.

Jenny Bone, a building surveyor, collapsed at work during a site visit to a tower block in London.

She was admitted to Luton and Dunstable Hospital and transferred to intensive care after she stopped breathing.

Mrs Bone, 39, underwent a tracheotomy and was placed in a medically-induced coma.

She told the Daily Mail she could hear conversations at her bedside but was unable to communicate.

Mrs Bone, was diagnosed with the rare Guillain-Barre Syndrome, which attacks the nervous system. She is still recovering but can now walk with the aid of a stick and is back at work.