Baby helps young stroke victim in quest to walk and talk once more
Mark Ellis, 23, was rushed to hospital after collapsing at work last August, having previously thought his dizziness and headache was a migraine, and his shocked wife Amy, 31, was told he was unlikely to survive.
He bravely pulled through although the family had to move to a specially-converted bungalow and Amy had to give up her hairdressing job to look after her disabled husband and one-year-old daughter Lola-Rose.
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Hide AdBut now Mr Ellis is being inspired to speak and walk again. His speech therapist has encouraged him to make similar noises to the toddler in a bid to communicate and he is also taking one step at a time together with her as they both learn to walk.
Mark can currently manage 20 paces with the aid of a frame and Lola-Rose can muster 10 paces before falling over.
Mrs Ellis said: “It’s wonderful to see. There’s such a bond between them.”
When he was released from hospital in March the previously healthy father could only communicate by rolling his eyes after suffering a blood clot in his brain stem which doctors described as the worst that they had ever seen in such a young man.
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Hide AdMr Ellis, communicating with the aid of the “Speak-It” app on his i-Phone which vocalises text messages, said: “My body felt empty in hospital, I couldn’t move at all.
“But my wife and especially my daughter came to see me every day and I wanted to be able to do more and be a part of their lives.”