A dad could only blink and use his big toe to communicate after a stroke.
In April 2022 James Gilbert, from Warrington was working from home when he began to feel sick and called 999. An extra artery in James' head - which had been unidentified since birth - had burst causing a brain haemorrhage.
The dad-of-two struggled down the stairs and into the garden where he was spotted by a neighbour. James was stabilised in Whiston Hospital and then immediately transferred to The Walton Centre for life-saving surgery and treatment.
