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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Damon Cronshaw

'Thank goodness she saw me fall': having a stroke at age 32

Chris Wheatley and fiance Brooke Henderson in the Blue Mountains. Brooke recognised quickly that Chris had a stroke. Picture supplied

When Whitebridge's Chris Wheatley collapsed in his kitchen one evening, his fiance Brooke Henderson immediately knew what happened.

"Thank goodness she saw me fall. She has a health background, so she saw the symptoms and knew what was going on," Mr Wheatley said.

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