Woman branded ‘lazy’ due to constant napping given 20% chance of survival from rare condition

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A young woman given a 20 percent chance of survival after a shock diagnosis will tie the knot with her high school sweetheart this summer after receiving a life-saving transplant.

Charlotte Carney, 25, was accused of being lazy for much of her teenage years due to her constant need to nap.

But her fatigue was in fact caused by restrictive cardiomyopathy - an incurable condition meaning her heart does not beat properly.

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After a chance screening in October 2016, account manager Charlotte was told she had only a 20 per cent chance of living for more than two years without a new heart.

By February 2018 she was added to the transplant list and later that month was rushed to Wythenshawe Hospital for a 10 hour heart transplant operation, after which she was in a coma for seven days.

Charlotte, from Northwich, in Cheshire, has now graduated from university and plans to marry her fiancé, football analyst Ciaran Hughes, 26, in Tuscany, Italy, in August.

"It’s been brilliant, to go from such a dark place to where I am now - getting married to the love of my life,” she says.

"If I’m ever having a rough day, I remind myself I’m doing all right as I’m still here."

When Charlotte started studying forensic psychology and criminal justice at Liverpool John Moores University, she realised something was wrong, as she struggled to walk even five minutes into campus.

She missed most of her classes in her first year.

"I had always been active,” she says.

“I did ballet and later I went to the gym. I just thought I loved to sleep, which I still do today.

“I used to nap a lot, but at university I couldn’t even walk up the hill to go to my classes.

“My heart