Tala Olins-Miller was just 13 when she suffered a life-threatening medical episode normally associated with much older people. 9News
“It was quite scary. I was lying down and they were like ‘Can you bend your palm towards your shoulder?’ I was trying but it was not moving.”But she was so sick, her mother took her back to hospital two days later - and scans showed she’d actually suffered a type of stroke.
The physiotherapist, now 22, was paddle boarding after a training session at her surf club when she had a stroke. However, Olines-Miller, who completed a sponsored Run for a Reason in Perth at the weekend for the Stroke Foundation, considers herself lucky.“There are still a lot people who get lifelong impairments in children, as well as strokes in general,” she said. “That early diagnosis is what we’re aiming for.”
Stroke Foundation Acting Chief Executive Officer Toni Aslett, told nine.com.au: “There is a common myth that stroke only happens to people later in life, but it does not discriminate. It can strike adults, teenagers, children and even babies.
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