Während sie ihre Tochter hochhebtSchlaganfall! 30-jähriger Mutter platzt Aneurysma im Gehirn

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Pictured: Bridget in hospital after the stroke.

Mum reveals how her brain 'popped' and caused a stroke as she picked up her daughter on a hike

A mum has revealed how she suffered a stroke when a blood vessel in her brain popped as she bent down to pick up her daughter.

Bridget Chiovari, 30, from Arizona, US, was on a hike with friends and their children but they stopped for a break and she took her 18-month-old daughter Liliana out of her carrier.

As the mum, who also was 24 weeks pregnant with her second child at the time, went to put Liliana back in the carrier, she felt a pop sensation in her head.

"Immediately after I felt the 'pop' I was hit by some intense dizziness and a horrific headache," she told Jam Press.

She managed to hike home and thought it would go away.

Later that evening, with the headache getting worse, her husband Chris, 33, took her to hospital.

She said: "I told them I felt a pop, and then an awful headache.

"I even said 'I've never had a brain aneurysm before but I imagine that this is what it must feel like.'

"They hooked me up to an IV bag, gave me some Tylenol, told me it was dehydration, then sent me home to 'sleep it off'.

"Within 12 minutes of leaving the hospital, I had lost my ability to form words."

Returning to the hospital, her husband demanded a CT scan which showed Bridget actually had an arteriovenous malformation - a tangle of abnormal blood vessels which had become so tangled, one had burst, causing a massive stroke.

Bridget had been born with the ticking time-bomb and had no idea it was there until the moment it popped.

Bridget said: "I had an interventricular drain placed into my skull. This allows that excess blood and fluids to leave your body while they wait for the swelling of the brain to go down. This is the part that saved my life."

The mum didn't even know that what was happened was a stroke until she joined a Facebook group for other AVM surviours and someone e
Bridget Chiovari aus Arizona erlitt einen Schlaganfall während sie mit ihrem 18 Monate alten Baby unterwegs war.
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Diese Geschichte klingt sicher nicht nur für Mütter wie ein Albtraum. Da war Bridget Chiovari aus dem US-Bundesstaat Arizona mit Freunden auf einer Wanderung. Und plötzlich, als sie eine Pause einlegten und Bridget ihre 18 Monate alte Tochter Liliana aus der Tragehilfe nahm, spürte sie einen „Knall“ im Kopf. „Unmittelbar nach dem ‘Knall' wurde ich von starkem Schwindelgefühl und furchtbaren Kopfschmerzen heimgesucht“, sagte die 30-Jährige gegenüber der „Jam Press“.
Was die Mutter, die damals mit ihrem zweiten Kind schwanger war, nicht wusste: In diesem Moment hatte sie einen Schlaganfall erlitten! Und der führte dazu, dass Bridget noch am selben Abend im Krankenhaus landete.

Aneurysma im Gehirn geplatzt

Die 30-jährige Mutter schaffte es dennoch nach Hause zu wandern. Allerdings wurden die Kopfschmerzen immer schlimmer, sodass ihr Mann Chris sie ins Krankenhaus brachte. „Ich habe ihnen gesagt, dass ich ein Knacken gespürt habe und dann furchtbare Kopfschmerzen. Ich sagte sogar: 'Ich hatte noch nie ein Aneurysma im Gehirn, aber ich kann mir vorstellen, dass es sich so anfühlt“, erzählte Bridget.

Im Krankenhaus hieß es aber wohl, „sie sei nur dehydriert“, weshalb die schwangere Frau nach Hause geschickt wurde. Aber: „Innerhalb von 12 Minuten nach Verlassen des Krankenhauses war ich nicht mehr in der Lage, Worte zu bilden.“ Also kehrten sie zurück ins Krankenhaus und Chris verlangte eine Computertomographie. Die Diagnose: Bridget hatte tatsächlich eine arteriovenöse Malformation (AVM) – eine angeborene Blutgefäßmissbildung – sodass ein Gefäß platzte und den schweren Schlaganfall verursachte. Bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatte die in der 24. Woche Schwangere überhaupt keine Ahnung, dass sie eine tickende Zeitbombe war.

Story from Jam Press (Brain Pop Stroke)

Pictured: Bridget and baby Roman looking at a brain scan.

Mum reveals how her brain 'popped' and caused a stroke as she picked up her daughter on a hike

A mum has revealed how she suffered a stroke when a blood vessel in her brain popped as she bent down to pick up her daughter.

Bridget Chiovari, 30, from Arizona, US, was on a hike with friends and their children but they stopped for a break and she took her 18-month-old daughter Liliana out of her carrier.

As the mum, who also was 24 weeks pregnant with her second child at the time, went to put Liliana back in the carrier, she felt a pop sensation in her head.

"Immediately after I felt the 'pop' I was hit by some intense dizziness and a horrific headache," she told Jam Press.

She managed to hike home and thought it would go away.

Later that evening, with the headache getting worse, her husband Chris, 33, took her to hospital.

She said: "I told them I felt a pop, and then an awful headache.

"I even said 'I've never had a brain aneurysm before but I imagine that this is what it must feel like.'

"They hooked me up to an IV bag, gave me some Tylenol, told me it was dehydration, then sent me home to 'sleep it off'.

"Within 12 minutes of leaving the hospital, I had lost my ability to form words."

Returning to the hospital, her husband demanded a CT scan which showed Bridget actually had an arteriovenous malformation - a tangle of abnormal blood vessels which had become so tangled, one had burst, causing a massive stroke.

Bridget had been born with the ticking time-bomb and had no idea it was there until the moment it popped.

Bridget said: "I had an interventricular drain placed into my skull. This allows that excess blood and fluids to leave your body while they wait for the swelling of the brain to go down. This is the part that saved my life."

The mum didn't even know that what was happened was a stroke until she joined a Facebook group for other AVM surviours and
Söhnchen Roman war in Bridgets Bauch, als sie einen Schlaganfall erlitt.
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Im Krankenhaus wurde die 30-Jährige daraufhin umgehend behandelt. Auch, wenn die Schwangere nach drei Wochen wieder nach Hause durfte, war „der Rest ihrer Schwangerschaft für sie sehr unangenehm, aber ihr Baby war in ihrem Bauch vollkommen glücklich und gesund“, erzählte sie der „Jam Press“.

Mittlerweile ist Baby Roman fünf Jahre alt – aber Mama Bridget leide noch immer unter dem geplatzten Blutgefäß.

Erst nach 5 Jahren geheilt

Der Schlaganfall ist zwar Jahre her, doch beeinträchtige Bridget auch heute noch im Alltag. sie sagte: „Ich leide immer noch unter den Nebenwirkungen einer Hirnverletzung und Depressionen und eine Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung machen es nicht leichter.“ Das Aneurysma habe ihrem Gleichgewicht stark geschadet.

„Mir wird unglaublich schnell schwindelig, und geradeaus zu gehen ist nicht immer möglich. Aufgaben erfordern viel mehr Energie als früher und mit meinen beiden Kindern mitzuhalten ist ein ständiger Kampf“, so die 30-Jährige.

Story from Jam Press (Brain Pop Stroke)

Pictured: Bridget having treatment for AVM.

Mum reveals how her brain 'popped' and caused a stroke as she picked up her daughter on a hike

A mum has revealed how she suffered a stroke when a blood vessel in her brain popped as she bent down to pick up her daughter.

Bridget Chiovari, 30, from Arizona, US, was on a hike with friends and their children but they stopped for a break and she took her 18-month-old daughter Liliana out of her carrier.

As the mum, who also was 24 weeks pregnant with her second child at the time, went to put Liliana back in the carrier, she felt a pop sensation in her head.

"Immediately after I felt the 'pop' I was hit by some intense dizziness and a horrific headache," she told Jam Press.

She managed to hike home and thought it would go away.

Later that evening, with the headache getting worse, her husband Chris, 33, took her to hospital.

She said: "I told them I felt a pop, and then an awful headache.

"I even said 'I've never had a brain aneurysm before but I imagine that this is what it must feel like.'

"They hooked me up to an IV bag, gave me some Tylenol, told me it was dehydration, then sent me home to 'sleep it off'.

"Within 12 minutes of leaving the hospital, I had lost my ability to form words."

Returning to the hospital, her husband demanded a CT scan which showed Bridget actually had an arteriovenous malformation - a tangle of abnormal blood vessels which had become so tangled, one had burst, causing a massive stroke.

Bridget had been born with the ticking time-bomb and had no idea it was there until the moment it popped.

Bridget said: "I had an interventricular drain placed into my skull. This allows that excess blood and fluids to leave your body while they wait for the swelling of the brain to go down. This is the part that saved my life."

The mum didn't even know that what was happened was a stroke until she joined a Facebook group for other AVM surviours and someone expla
Mit dieser Behandlung konnte Bridget geheilt werden.
Jam Press

Nach zig Untersuchungen und Behandlung passierte im November 2021 dann das lang ersehnte Wunder: Die angeborene AVM war verschwunden! Und zwar durch ihre letzten Behandlung, die dreieinhalb Jahre dauerte. Es handelte sich wohl um eine lineare Bestrahlung, wie Bridget beschrieb.

„Dabei wird eine Plastikmaske verwendet, die genau auf das Gesicht zugeschnitten ist. Mit dieser Maske wird das Gesicht auf dem Tisch festgeschraubt, so dass man den Kopf nicht mehr bewegen kann. Sie bestrahlen dich mit einer Art von Strahlung, die die AVM langsam verödet.“ Jetzt ist Bridget endlich geheilt – und kann sich voll und ganz auf ihre Kinder konzentrieren. (dbö)

Lese-Tipp:Nach geplatztem Hirn-Aneurysma kämpft sich Fotograf Gian zurück ins Leben.