Reinventing Emma: a survivor’s journey through stroke
The Wire recently reported that a delegation from the National Stroke Foundation went to Canberra to meet with the government, to lobby for more funding and national education programs. Stroke is a condition that involves bleeding to the brain and affects nearly half a million Australians, with this number expected to rise to over 700,000 in the next 15 years. And stroke isn’t just a disease that affects the elderly. It can happen to anyone, anywhere at anytime. In 2005, 24-year-old Emma Gee, suffered a life-threatening stroke that left her partially paralysed down one side and with serious physical and emotional disabilities. Her debut book out today, Reinventing Emma, charts her incredible journey through the fear and pain of those years and her determination to survive and reclaim her identity.