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"Roy in intensive care (Picture: PA Real Life)\nA dying man managed to tell his wife ‘I love you’ despite being in a coma.\nRoy Norquoy, 46, was on the brink of death in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, Scotland, when he used his hands to communicate his love for his partner Sarah Norquoy, 47.\n\nHe had been struck down by toxic shock syndrome and sepsis in March 2015 and doctors were forced to put him in an induced coma.\nMrs Norquoy was fearing the worst after her husband was transferred from Balfour Hospital, in Orkney, to Raigmore&#8217;s critical care unit, which was 155 miles away.\nShe had called the rest of his family to tell them the bad news after medics said every breath could be his last.\n\t\n\t\n\tMORE : Girl, 11, left with deep foot wounds after suspected shark attack at Spanish resort\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbrowser that\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsupports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\nMr Norquoy was fighting for his life (Picture: PA Real Life)\n‘Roy was getting worse and worse before my eyes,’ Mrs Norquoy, from Orkney, said.\n‘I was texting all my friends, telling them Roy was critically ill and asking them to pray for him.’\nBut, to her astonishment, just a few minutes into one of her visits, he started pointing to his stomach.\nShe quickly worked out he was signalling ‘I love you’ and then recorded him doing it.\n\t\n\t\n\tMORE : Student who lit £20 note in front of homeless man won’t be expelled\n\t\n\t\nRoy and Sarah Norquoy have been married for six years (Picture: PA Real Life)\n‘So, this really was the most memorable moment of my whole life,’ the housing support officer added.\n‘I’d just been told he could die, so hearing – or at least seeing him sign – “I love you,” moments later, was magical.\n‘I called out, “He said he loves me!” Tears were running down my cheek, I couldn’t believe it.’\nThis gave Mrs Norquoy hope and for the next week she stayed by his bedside as he lay motionless.\nDoctors then brought him out of his coma after deeming he was strong enough.\n\t\n\t\n\tMORE : North Korean soldiers told to steal corn to be ‘combat ready’ for ‘imminent war’\n\t\n\t\nMr Norquoy has now recovered (Picture: PA Real Life)\nMrs Norquoy had at first thought her husband was suffering from the effects of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), which he was diagnosed with in 2013.\nIt is a chronic, inflammatory disease, causing the body’s immune system to attack normal liver cells.\nBut he actually had toxic shock syndrome, which is caused when harmless bacteria living in the body releases toxins that can damage skin and organs.\n\nMr and Mrs Norquoy have a total of five grown children from previous marriages between them, who were all pleased when he made a recovery.\nThey met at church in 2008.\nMr Norquoy, a pier master, has now fully recovered and added: ‘I have no recollection of what happened to me, so watching the video of me signalling ‘I love you’ is like watching someone else.\n‘Our Christian faith has been such a huge part of this journey and what has kept us strong.’\n\t\n\t\n\tMORE : Pound drops to new low as it sells for just €0.86 at airports\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\tMORE : Drinking coffee may actually prevent you from losing weight"
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