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On Dec 17, 2016 I got a call from Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (San Diego, Ca.) I rushed to the hospital and the Dr told me my daughter had suffered a grade 5 ruptured brain Aneurysm. I asked to see her and the Dr told me “no, your daughter is being prepped in the OR and there is a 99% chance she will not survive.” After 24 hours of constant coiling, nothing stopped the arterial bleeds. At that point it was decided to remove half the skull (don’t know exactly the terminology of that) and

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The room was spinning. I was seeing stars but the words I needed to speak that would tell someone what I was feeling weren’t coming out clearly (if at all). Fortunately, almost immediately, my sister recognized the change in my speech (slurred)and in my appearance (face droop). Her call to 911 literally saved my life and preserved the quality of life I have today. I remember being whisked away by ambulance to a stroke certified hospital and later being given an MRI which confirmed  the

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It happened on Sunday, June 24th, 2018. My brain was split in three: One part was saying, “you’re going to die!”, another was saying, “you’re on the phone, you should speak” and the other was saying, “you’re in the bathroom, you should go to the toilet.” My memory of what happened next is blurry. I remember feeling like I was being violently thrown off the toilet, face-first. I remember coming to on the bathroom floor and realizing that I had lost control of my bladder. I remember trying to

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On the morning of 26th Sept 2018 my life was turned upside down. I woke up with a popping sensation and intense pressure in my head. It felt like blood was gushing from my nose yet there was nothing coming out. I glanced in the mirror and saw the right side of my face drooping and knew that I was suffering a stroke.  I was thrombalised at the hospital and as the day went on I became completely paralyzed down my right side, I'd suffered an acute stroke in my brain stem. It was a surreal few days

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June 10, 2018, the most normal day ever. Until…I was in my recliner watching tv. I was coughing a little bit and it just felt like a scratch in my throat. At the same time I couldn't feel my left arm, for a few minutes my right hand had my left forearm in it and I didn't even know what it was and I couldn't think or tell myself to just look at your hand to see what it was. My wife asked me if something was wrong and I said “No, I'm ok.” She knew better. I kept coughing and told her that I just

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