A 22-year-old mum-of-two suffered an unexplained stroke whereas sitting at her Christmas dinner desk.

Casey Singleton had been heading to mattress on November 20 final yr when she collapsed on the backside of the steps late at night time.

Her associate Jack Berry, 25, had already gone to mattress earlier than she fell – discovering her on the couch the morning after staring ‘blankly’ into area unable to talk to him.

After spending weeks in hospital, the mum of two boys George, 4, and Tommy, one, wished to spend time at dwelling in time for Tommy’s birthday and the vacations – solely to undergo one other stroke whereas sitting at her Christmas dinner desk.

Casey, whose signs docs nonetheless battle can’t clarify, says that it took days after her second stroke for her to understand she had suffered one other earlier than heading to hospital once more.

She stated: “When the primary stroke hit, Jack had gone to mattress as a result of he thought I used to be drained. The night time appeared to me prefer it glided by in about an hour or half an hour – in my head it was all incorrect.

“I had tried to talk to Jack when he went to mattress, nevertheless it turned out no voice was coming from my mouth – I had not really stated something, however I used to be positive I had.

“It actually is horrifying to look again at, particularly as a result of I keep in mind a lot of it – however what I keep in mind doing is totally different to what really occurred.

“I had tried to go up the steps, however my proper aspect was paralysed. I had crawled to them, and managed to rise up one step, however simply fell off twice. So then I had crawled again with one arm to the sofa.

“To me although, it felt like I used to be simply strolling usually – however I used to be really crawling. The subsequent day I even felt like I had gone to work, and was hanging out with the youngsters, however really I had simply been mendacity fully silent on the couch.”

Casey’s associate Jack stated he discovered her completely silent on the couch the following morning not shifting, after ready for an ambulance for ‘about fifteen minutes’ Casey finally was seen by docs at Preston hospital earlier than being transferred to Blackpool hospital a number of days later.

Jack stated: “I simply didn’t know what was occurring. She was simply mendacity nonetheless, not shifting, not speaking on the couch.

“She spent three days in Preston Hospital in a ‘zombie state’. I believed she was going to die to be trustworthy, it was actually tough – particularly as we needed to depart our youngsters George and Tom with our mother and father.”

Casey says that she can’t even keep in mind her time at Preston Hospital, the place she had been for a number of days earlier than she began to recollect what was occurring.

She stated: “The very first thing I keep in mind after the stroke was needing the bathroom, I finally left Blackpool Hospital on December 6.

“Once I received dwelling I simply felt scared. I had wished to depart the hospital simply because I wished to be at dwelling. It was Tommy’s birthday on the tenth of December – so I wished to be again.

“Ever for the reason that first stroke I additionally simply really feel totally different, it seems like the kids act otherwise round me too, or like they dont like me. The boys dont deal with me otherwise, however I can’t maintain Tommy anymore and issues like that.”

After spending a number of weeks again at dwelling taking severe remedy to attempt to cut back any of the harm attributable to her first stroke, Casey then suffered a second stroke at her Christmas desk on Christmas day.

Her imaginative and prescient blurred, and he or she felt like she was about to fall off her chair, however she solely realised that she had skilled one other stroke later after a visiting doctor urged she go to the hospital.

She stated: “I stored feeling like I used to be falling, however I believed I used to be simply feeling the signs of my final stroke. Everybody simply thought it was the identical signs persevering with – nevertheless it really wasn’t.

“I nonetheless don’t know why I had the strokes, docs can’t clarify it actually, which is why I’m hoping to unfold consciousness in regards to the chance that individuals can undergo these strokes.

“I by no means imagined that I may undergo a stroke at such a younger age. I wasn’t conscious that I may undergo one, and due to that I assumed what I used to be going via was regular.

“Clearly I do know I want to succeed in out if I undergo comparable signs once more, however even after I had my second stroke I didn’t realise till a physio came to visit on the twenty seventh.

“The physio came to visit to my home, and after I talked about to them that I had suffered some extra signs that have been giving me some ache for the reason that stroke on Christmas day, they stated I ought to go to the hospital.”

Since struggling her first stroke Casey has been unable to work and her associate Jack has misplaced his job with a view to take care of her.

The pair are actually fundraising to attempt to maintain themselves afloat throughout this era of transition whereas they work out what to do with their future.

Casey added: “My consideration is now misplaced, I can’t even watch TV as a result of my consideration is gone. I stare into area so much. I actually miss me, I miss the outdated me.

“I used to have the ability to bathe alone, however I can’t now. Jack has to assist me. It’s so onerous, and I can’t even take care of the youngsters as a result of I simply can’t bodily – I miss them and with the ability to take care of them a lot.

“Clearly we now have a extremely supportive household, however I can’t work, and till I get well Jack has to look after me and the youngsters – which is tough for each of us. Life has actually modified.

“Even one thing so simple as going out, we now have to place the youngsters in a pram – however I additionally want pushing in a wheelchair. It’s issues like that which make life way more tough.”

You may donate to Casey and Jack’s GoFundMe web page right here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mother-of-two-has-strokes