Episode 2: Full episode - Sally Callie - Recovery from a stroke on the operating table (Stroke).
In this episode we meet Sally Callie, triple Olympian, a world record holder and an U23 world champion in the sport of rowing, who's also a mother, a teacher and a stroke survivor. Following the birth of Sally's second child in 2011 she experienced a seizure and upon returning to hospital discovered that she had a blood vessel deep within her brain which was ready to rupture. Sally needed to undergo brain surgery to remove the blood vessel and though this was successful, she awoke from the surgery to find that she could not move half of her body.
We meet Sally and hear about her Olympic career and the lessons she learned. We hear about the stroke itself, what caused it and we discuss her rehab, her determination and the lessons she was able to draw from her sporting career to assist her to regain her high quality of life.
Full transcripts and show notes are available for each chapter on the podcast website: storiesofrecovery.buzzsprout.com
Sally's recommendations:
For more detailed show notes, see the individual chapter sections on the podcast website.
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