A 7-year-old girl is donating her hair after her dad suffered a stroke which left him in intensive care for 25 days. Darcie, from Coalpit Heath, is raising funds to support her family whose 'finances are going to be incredibly tight' after the 'shock' stroke left them terrified their dad wouldn't make it.
Darcie's dad, Mark, 42, collapsed at home on January 3 after suffering a bleed on the brain. Darcie's mum Zoe said this was a shock "not only due to his age but Mark was also fairly fit." He was put into a medically-induced coma and taken straight to the intensive care unit at Southmead Hospital, where the family were told Mark had a "50/50 chance of survival." Zoe said this was "terrifying" for her and their children Darcie and Isabelle, 11.
Mark spent 25 days in the ICU unit after a number of operations, before spending a further five weeks in the stroke unit. Zoe says Mark has since gone from "strength to strength" and has been discharged to a rehab centre to learn how to use his body again. But with Mark unable to work, and Zoe "currently going through the redundancy process," the family became concerned about finances.
