Rare blood condition leaves woman asking if she will survive the day
(WorldNews New Zealand)

Matthew Cattin/Stuff.co.nz Chef Jacqui Brown - who suffers from hereditary angiodema - owes her life to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. Every morning Jacqualine Brown, 37, wakes up wondering if she will make it through the day. The Matakana resident suffers from hereditary angioedema, a rare genetic condition that causes her to pass out and stop breathing. Brown has been rushed to Auckland`s North Shore Hospital three times in the last six months and says she would not be alive if weren`t for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. Rare in New Zealand, her...