The family of a 14-year-old boy were told to say their goodbyes to the youngster after he suffered a stroke that left him fighting for his life.
Canterbury schoolboy Stephen Gaskin was discovered “unconscious and barely breathing” inside his Herne Bay home, having complained of severe headaches earlier that day.
After being airlifted to London and placed in a medically induced coma, he went under the knife to treat a rare brain condition.
His mother, Katie Gaskin, believes its effects will “stay with him for the rest of his life”, as he learns to walk and talk again at a specialist facility in Surrey.