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09.07.2023 - 10:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
When Stephen Ellis crashed his car after suddenly going blind, police assumed he had just been driving carelessly.
The dad-of-three was driving past a school when he lost vision in his left eye and ploughed into a parked car in March 2022.
The 57-year-old, from Salford, was given a ticket at the scene for driving without due care and attention.
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But officers failed to recognise that Stephen had actually suffered a severe medical episode – one that would leave him unable to speak, walk or read properly.
Stephen, who currently lives in west Yorks, had no idea something was “horrendously wrong” until he went into hospital for checks.
Following several tests and scans, medics told Stephen he had suffered a stroke and had a large blood clot on his brain.
“I couldn’t even tell [doctors] my date of birth or where I lived,” he told the Manchester Evening News. “It was the biggest shock of my life.
“My wife knew there was something horrendously wrong. When they told me I’d had a stroke, I was like, what? I was completely out of it.”
A stroke is a serious life-threatening medical condition that happens when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off, causing brain cells to become damaged or die.
Fortunate to survive the ordeal, Stephen remained in a specialist stroke unit for several weeks and the large blood clot was dissolved from his brain.
Though he describes his recovery as a “miracle”, the dad faced a long recovery and spent the next year learning how to talk, walk and read again.
"I was poorly for a long time,” he added. “I’ve had a miraculous journey.
“Learning how to walk and talk again was the most terrifying
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