Rebecca Moore’s life was saved after she had a blood clot removed from her brain
REBECCA, 32, is a full-time mother. She lives in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, with her husband Gavin, a cost consultant, and their children, Joshua, eight, Liam, six, and Libby, two. Last November she had an acute ischaemic stroke.
“I had just got my daughter, Libby, up from her lunchtime nap when it happened. I was making her some toast and went to the fridge to get the butter and my legs started to give way. I felt I was on a ferry out at sea and had to grab the fridge to steady myself.
Libby laughed, thinking I was clowning around and, strangely, I didn’t feel frightened. I thought it was funny too and kept thinking, ‘Why am I being so stupid?’
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