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Grace Victory wakes from three month coma and rebuilds life and motherhood

Mar 14th 2026

Content creator Grace Victory survived a 2020 COVID related cardiac arrest, spent three months in a coma, and after intensive therapy and lifestyle changes has refocused her life on recovery, mental health, and motherhood.

  • Grace Victory, 35, went into a coma in December 2020 after COVID related breathing failure and a cardiac arrest.
  • She gave birth by emergency C section two days before being placed in a coma and missed the first three months of her son Cyprus's life.
  • Doctors told her she had a 5% chance of survival and that she died for five minutes, but she was brought back with no brain damage.
  • She had to relearn to walk and talk and spent 98 days in intensive care.
  • Grace continues weekly therapy and says she has experienced post traumatic growth while managing lasting weakness in one hand.
  • Daily short exercise sessions and dietary changes including probiotics have helped improve her energy and reduce brain fog.
  • She and her partner Lee now have two children and recently bought a house in Hertfordshire.
  • Her stated goal is to be present, find daily joy, and stay healthy for her children.