RNZ) – It would be easy to feel sorry for what she has lost, but 32-year-old Grace Archer says her story is not one of sadness. It’s a story of resilience, the power of positivity and a miracle survival.
A listeria infection saw Archer fighting for her life in 2020, including a period where she suffered with locked-in syndrome, which left her family wondering if she was still ‘there’.
Before her life-changing illness, Archer was living in Rarotonga and working as a primary school teacher, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother who were also teachers. The island lifestyle was paradise, she says. CONTINUE