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Baby having a stroke was ‘overwhelming and scary’, family says

Anna was transferred to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), where she was tested and monitored.

After a week, doctors carried out a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of Anna’s brain, which showed signs of a perinatal stroke – which is a stroke that either happens in the womb or as a newborn.

“Once the stroke was detected, everything was so fast-paced we went from knowing nothing to knowing too much in the space of a few minutes,” Lauren told BBC Radio Foyle.

“We were given an endless list of likelihoods for Anna’s development and that they weren’t going to be straightforward,” she said.

“One of the first things we were told was that she may not smile, she may not talk , she may not walk, she might not have any understanding.

“As a parent that was horrendous and the first few weeks waiting for her to smile were really dark and really hard to process.

“We eventually did get that smile and it was the best day ever,” she added.


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