On the 26th July 2016 Lottie,was on holiday in Wales when she became unwell. Lottie was admitted into Bangor hospital and had 2 CT scans through the night, Lottie had suffered a stroke. Lottie was transferred via ambulance to Alder Hey children’s hospital the next day where she spent 2 weeks as an inpatient in the neurology ward having a number of tests and scans to establish the cause and the damage of the stroke.

Whilst in Bangor hospital when Lottie was diagnosed her parents were told that there was a strong possibility that Lottie would not recover and we was faced with the possibility that Lottie may never walk or talk again.

Lottie had right sided weaknesss, facial palsy and asphasia but with physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and facial palsy therapy she has improved. Lottie takes an aspirin everyday to try to prevent any further stokes, however doctors are currently investigating a further episode of a silent stroke which Lottie has had and the reasons why these investigations are ongoing....

Despite everything that has happened we consider ourselves blessed, many parents don’t get to take their children home from hospital after a pediatric stroke and tragically around the world stroke is currently one of the top ten causes of death in children.

As a parent and being faced with uncertainty of what the future will hold and many questions I turned to google for some support – what I found is that there is no UK support groups currently available and so I have found myself with many questions still unanswered. With the support from family and friends we are in the early stages of setting up a charity that will help to support other parents who are faced with the same unanswered questions. This page Lottie's Way is the first steps to us setting up a charity that will help to raise awareness for other parents.

When googling pediatric stroke I found that the only information which can be found is very extreme cases of which Lottie has proven that she is a fighter and every day improves, I would like to get Lottie’s story out to give other parents the hope that although a child suffers a pediatric stroke there is sometimes a positive outcome in the hope that we can give another parent who goes through what we have a bit of support and positivity which is not what is currently available.

Alder Hey have been amazing have gone the extra mile for Lottie and if it was not for the amazing care she has had and continues to receive we as a family would not be as hopeful as we are today.