‘I thought it was a headache – it was a stroke’: Healthy 27-year-old girl who went to the hospital for migraine pills ended up in a coma for 6 DAYS after mystery brain attack

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Carly White, a healthy 27-year-old girl, thought she was experiencing a terribly intense migraine on July 30.

The symptoms were severe: she was vomiting and shaking, and she had double vision. But she was prone to migraines, so, when her symptoms worsened, she decided to try to just sleep it off.

But at 4.30am on July 31, she woke up to unbearable pain, and her head was hot to the touch.

She knew then something was wrong so the newlywed asked her husband, Nathanael, to take her to a local hospital in their town of Carmanville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on his way into work that Monday morning.

Carly never would have imagined that the ‘terrible headache’ she thought she was experiencing was actually a stroke.

But six days later she woke up from her coma to find out she’d had brain surgery and she was unable to speak or walk.

Now, Carly is sharing her story to warn others about the importance of seeking medical help if you think you are having a stroke, as doctors have told her that if she had come in even an hour later than she did on July 31, she would not have lived.

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