Mother, 39, paralysed after stroke and brain haemorrhage

Summarised from LancsLive's report · Updated 21 Oct, 17:14 · Archive

A 39-year-old mother from Cumbria has been left paralysed after a stroke caused by a blood clot from her heart, followed by a brain haemorrhage requiring surgery.

Kayele Sheppard, 39, from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, suffered a catastrophic stroke when a blood clot broke away from her heart and travelled to her brain whilst she was driving. She was airlifted to Royal Preston Hospital, where emergency surgery was performed to remove the clot. The following day, she suffered a devastating brain haemorrhage and underwent a decompressive craniectomy to relieve the pressure and swelling on her brain. She was placed in a medically induced coma and left paralysed down one side of her body.

Kayele's family are now attempting to raise £150,000 to fund specialist rehabilitation to give her the best possible chance of recovery. Her loved ones said she had survived a previous life-threatening medical emergency twelve years earlier when pregnant with her son Archie, when she suffered a tear in her aorta. She underwent life-saving surgery at that time and was fitted with mechanical heart valves.

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• 'Tragedy strikes' as family rallies round for 'beautiful' mum, 39Kayele was left 'fighting for her life' - now her family say they need to raise £150,000LancsLive · 21 Oct, 16:01

In this story: Kayele Sheppard · Royal Preston Hospital · Barrow-in-Furness · Cumbria

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