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I was a very healthy 39 year old mom of two, who became a gym rat and started running after my son was born. On March 24 2011, I was at the gym in the early morning, training for my 1st marathon - July 10th – my 40th birthday. I had a sudden, “the worse headache of your life.”  My vision was blurred, my head felt like it was splitting in half. I thought I was dying.  I ended up in a Trauma Center where they discovered my brain was hemorrhaging.  I woke up 17 hours later in ICU, to a room full of

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It’s such a simple word for a 4 year old to say, but in Solly’s case, he wasn’t supposed to ever be able to say “hi” or any other word. He wasn’t supposed to see, hear, eat orally, or be independently mobile. At birth, Solomon – known to all as Solly – had 3 massive strokes which destroyed over half of his brain. It’s a miracle that he can say “hi”. It’s a miracle that he’s alive. Solly is a pediatric stroke survivor. I’m Camie, Solly’s Mom, and this is our story. Rewind to October 9, 2014. It

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I have to often remind people that I am not a stroke “Victim,” but I am a survivor and a conqueror! Most of us are conquerors, not allowing the stroke to defeat us. My name is Toni Hickman, and before I had 2 brain aneurysms and a stroke, I was signed to a major record deal, and have been featured on gold and platinum albums. The first brain aneurysm happened in 2004, but I was just pulled out of the music game for three months, then the 2nd brain aneurysm started leaking in my brain in 2007,

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January 30 was a regular day. I went to work then I started to work out at home. I started feeling kind of strange so I called my daughter and told her I didn’t feel good and she better get to the house ASAP. At the time I lived alone. I told my daughter I was going to call 911. Once I laid down on the bed the right side of my body went limp. The ambulance finally came. I had a hemorrhage stroke. I was in the ICU for 7 days. My whole family lived by my side. The Dr. could not perform surgery

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February 25, 2017 will be like a holiday to me now. It won’t be remembered as a day I suffered a stroke but they day I survived and am now thriving.  I have never been a drinker nor druggie. I’ve never been to the chiropractor or been in a traumatic event. These are all the questions myself or my parents received whilst my stay in the hospital. Doctors, surgeons and nurses had no idea why a healthy 24-year-old had not only one stroke but two.  I was at my parents’ house by myself when I

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