'I couldn't talk after stroke.. It was hard not seeing my kids'

Mother relives shock of health emergency days after giving birth

- BY CATE MCCURRY

A MUM has relived the shock of a life-changing stroke just days after she brought her newborn son home from hospital.

Lisa Kenny, 42, was separated from her family for seven months after the crippling health emergency derailed the joy of welcoming Alfie in October 2019.

She now lives with aphasia, an acquired language disorder that often occurs following brain injury, such as stroke.

She spoke about her experience as part of Aphasia Awareness Month.

Aphasia affects the understanding of spoken or written language, including reading and writing or the production of spoken language.

Ms Kenny, from Balbriggan in north Dublin, said: "With my stroke and aphasia, it was hard to suddenly be separated from my children because I couldn't talk and I was on a lot of medication.

"When I was in hospital, it was so hard because I couldn't see my children, Emily, now 13, and Alfie."