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My name is Tanita Hewkins - age 25 - and on May 10th of 2018 at roughly 4:00pm I become victim to a stroke; which I later discovered was caused due from an AVM - Arteriovenous Malformation - which is a clump of abnormal blood vessels in the brain. As a result, the AVM left me with a right sided intracranial hemorrhage, and left sided hemiparesis and facial droop. There I was in ICU, I was no longer the person that I thought I was, I had become a statistic, a victim. The definition of a 'victim'

November

2018

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My daughter Abigail had a stroke in November 2016. She was 4 years old and had just started Junior Kindergarten. She’d experienced cough and colds as well as a few ear infections for about 4 months prior to the stroke. We had taken her to the doctors many times, as well as the emergency room a few times with fevers, chills and ear aches. She was put on antibiotics or we were told it was viral. They never suspected anything worse. On Nov 20th, she had a stroke and was rushed to the emergency

November

2018

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On the morning of September 26th 2017, my life would be completely changed. Around half seven I was sitting on the front step of the station I was attached to having a cigarette and my morning coffee when my co-worker arrived for duty. I got up, greeted him, finished my smoke and went inside. As soon as I  walked inside I heard a loud bang, a gun had gone off and felt something strike me on the right side of my stomach. I had been shot. My co-worker stood there with his pistol in his hand and a

November

2018

06

It feels a bit surreal knowing it has being a decade since I suffered that life changing ischemic stroke back in 2008. I still do remember the day and how things unfolded even though I was coming in and out of consciousness. Bottom line is I suffered an ischemic stroke because of factor V Leiden deficiency that resulted in left middle cerebral artery blockage. Throughout the decade, I have got better both physically and mentally. I know my physical appearance will always be different from the

November

2018

05

Well I’m going to start with me finding out that I was born with a medical condition that I was unaware of my whole life but had felt its ugly symptoms and never had an explanation or reason from any doctor I ever saw. On April 17, 2017 I suffered a grand mal seizure on my kitchen table which was caused my arterial venous malformation in my brain had ruptured causing a level 5 bleed. Next came diagnosis and my first brain surgery. All went well but I chose not to treat it since I originally was

November

2018