'Woah, woah, you need to go to the hospital'
A young mum suffered a stroke as she sat at the table on Christmas Day - but had no idea until three days later.
The morning after, Jack noticed Casey was "staring into space" and had no movement whatsoever. He called 999 and was on hold to the ambulance service for 15 minutes, before one quickly came and rushed Casey to hospital. Therefore, the surgeons refused to operate on Casey, with significant time having already passed. "Casey was in Preston hospital for the next three days, they were checking for the pressure on her brain - seeing if she got any worse basically," 25-year-old Jack said.
"I've got no feeling in my right arm and I get scared of holding him. His birthday was on December 10 too, whilst I was going through this." Now, with the left side of her brain being affected, Casey has no feeling in the right side of her body and struggles to stand. She has to be in a wheelchair for long distances, only permitted to leave her bed for the toilet.
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