Casey Singleton thought she was about to fall off her seat at her family home and her vision blurred
A young mum who suffered a stroke while sitting at the table for Christmas dinner has been left wheelchair-bound.
Her partner Jack believed she was sound asleep on the sofa after taking their kids to bed but t he morning after, Jack he noticed Casey was "staring into space" and had no movement. The mum was taken to nearby Blackpool Victoria Hospital before then being rushed to Royal Preston Hospital. They were told stroke victims need to be operated on within four hours of the condition occurring, or it could be fatal for the patient. The surgeons refused to operate on Casey, with significant time having already passed.
"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."Three days before, on December 22, her vision started to blur, but as the couple said they had not been told about symptoms to look out for, they initially put it down to the aftermath of the first stroke.
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