AMY'S HORROR
Katie Price’s mum died on operating table as she reveals her final thoughts and admits she was ‘ready to go’
KATIE Price’s mum has revealed she briefly died on the operating table following her lung transplant operation.
71-year-old Amy, who has a terminal lung condition, underwent the life-changing surgery in recent months - but hasn't confirmed the exact date.
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While speaking with her daughters Katie, 45, and Sophie, 33, on podcast, she told them her final thoughts and admitted she was "ready to go".
Amy said, "I went into cardiac arrest and they had to pump me to bring me back and I didn't know that."
Katie replied, "Yeah, you said. And how my mum knows this, everyone, when you came out of hospital, she's gone through all her notes. How many times did you die, mum?"
Amy said, "I think it was only that once. Apparently I was shouting out, 'I can't breath, I can't breathe, they're killing me.'
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"That's because I was filling up with blood but what I can remember was dreaming, thinking, 'I've got to survive till five o'clock. They're trying to kill me.'
"I'm hot, I'm sweaty, I can't breathe. I thought, 'Five o'clock, the nurses change so these two nurses, people that are trying to kill me, right, they go home.
"So I was counting strips on the wall, thinking, 'Right as I'll do that one, breathe slower and then you save your energy a bit more.'"
Amy explained how she felt "ready" to pass away since she'd been able to say goodbye to her grandson Albert, two, and had faith Katie and her brother Daniel, 48, would survive without her.
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She said, "I thought, 'Do you know if I go, I've seen Albert so it's alright. Kate will sort herself out, Dan's alright, tries to be alright.
"It's okay to go if I'm going. That's what I thought. And then all of a sudden, you feel peaceful. Then that's that peace bit. I felt that everything was falling into place and I could just go."
But Amy lived to tell the tale, thankfully.
She was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2017, a terminal lung disease with a life expectancy of three to five years.
Symptoms include shortness of breath, a persistent dry cough, tiredness, loss of appetite and weight loss, and rounded and swollen fingertips.
There are only around 150 to 200 lung transplants in the UK each year and, according to , Amy's transplant will improve her quality of life and help her live longer.
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What is Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)?
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a condition in which the lungs become scarred and breathing becomes increasingly difficult.
It's not clear what causes it, but it usually affects people who are around 70 to 75 years old, and is rare in people under 50.
Several treatments can help reduce the rate at which IPF gets worse, but there's currently no treatment that can stop or reverse the scarring of the lungs.
The symptoms of IPF tend to develop gradually and get slowly worse over time.
Symptoms include shortness of breath, a persistent dry cough, tiredness, loss of appetite and weight loss, rounded and swollen fingertips.
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