AN epileptic dad has hailed his daughter a hero for saving his life – for the second time.

George Hill, 40, had a seizure and collapsed unconscious at his home in Widnes at 3am on Monday morning as he went downstairs for a drink.

His 12-year-old daughter Charli was fast asleep but heard him fall and woke up her mum, Michelle, 31, to raise the alarm.

“There is no doubt she saved my life,” said former chef, George, of Wilsden Road.

“She is so calm and sensible. She got her mum.

“I had landed on my face and dislocated my shoulder so I was stuck.

“With fluid on my lungs, I would have suffocated.”

Dad-of two George, who also has a son, Daniel, 10, has suffered from severe epilepsy since he fractured the front of his skull in an accident when he was 11.

He worked as a chef until he was 23 when his health deteriorated after he fell off a motorbike causing further head injuries.

Epilepsy drugs left him very depressed. He is now adjusting to new medication under the care of the specialist Walton Centre in Liverpool.

This is the second time the Ormiston Chadwick Academy schoolgirl has sprung into action.

Five months ago, George had a severe fit in the bathroom in the early hours of the morning and broke his cheekbone.

“I was knocked out,” he said. “Charli has a sixth sense. She got up and when she couldn’t get in the door she woke her mum up.

“She is a little angel, a lifesaver. She is amazing.”

George is now housebound and currently suffers four or five grand mal seizures every week.

“My dream would be to get back to work,” said George, who says he couldn’t survive without his wife who is his carer.

“I can’t even carry a cup or eat with a fork.

“Every time I have a fit it causes a slight scar to my brain.”

Charli phones her dad twice a day to check he is OK. “She does everything you could imagine to help anybody,” he added.

“She’s my hero.

“I’m the proudest dad on earth.”