A heartbroken mum has paid tribute to her 19-year-old son after his death following a seizure.
Samuel Powell, from Llandudno, went into cardiac arrest after the incident on Good Friday.
The 19-year-old had suffered from up to 2,000 seizures in his lifetime.
Known as Sammy to his parents James and Melissa, and five siblings, the former Ysgol Eirias and Ysgol y Gogarth pupil was forced to stop attending school when his seizures became so bad that they massively impacted his quality of life.
Mrs Powell said: "Sadly Sammy deteriorated in cognitive function suffering regression and in latter years of his short life, and was unable to do many of the things he loved most, such as walking near waterfalls."
Because of his complex health problems, Sammy had been close to losing his life many times.
Mrs Powell added: "As a family we have to give a huge thanks the North Wales Police for their fantastic support of Sammy during periods of pre-seizure psychosis, and the Welsh Ambulance Crew for their amazing swift service and the countless times in the past they had saved Sammy’s life, particularly after a traumatic near-drowning in Llandudno Swimming pool in 2010."
She continued: "Sammy knew God and loved him. He had asked: 'Mummy when we move house, can we all move to heaven please? '
"His suffering on this earth was great with extremely complex needs, he suffered over 2,000 chronic seizures, had epileptic seizures and psychosis."
A month ago Sammy was released from a specialist epilepsy hospital in Buckinghamshire, where they were unable to offer any more health solutions other than another anti-seizure medication, which sadly didn’t work.
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Mrs Powell, who with her husband runs the Llandudno Youth Hostel, added: "When not in psychosis he was the most loving adorable, helpful young man, doing whatever he could, following us about requiring constant company and attention.
"Sammy was ready for his suffering to end and heaven is where he wanted to move address to most.
"He just changed address from Earth to Heaven and this gives great comfort my family."
His favourite hobbies were football, climbing, running, cycling, walking, swimming, painting and creating things. His mother said he loved playing the card game Skip-Bo and Monopoly.
Sammy's funeral is taking place on Thursday.
Over £3,000 has been raised towards the costs so far, and any money left over will be given to four charities including Epilepsy Wales. Friends and family will be joining the funeral by Zoom, and will be celebrating Sammy's life by eating sponge cake and strawberries.
If you'd like to donate please go to his Just Giving page here.
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