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Kaitlin Easton & Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

Dad couldn't remember seven-year-old daughter after waking up from devastating stroke

A dad has shared how he was left unable to recognise his own daughter after a devastating stroke.

Paul Flaherty says he struggled to remember anything about the past six years of his life when he woke up in hospital in May last year - even including the fact he had a daughter in Eden, who is now seven.

The 48-year-old had quickly realised he was having a stroke when he suddenly became unwell and felt his left arm go numb - because his father had suffered one just month earlier.

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