MY BABY HAD A STROKE

THIS can’t be right, she thought. How could her eight-month-old baby be having a stroke? Surely it had to be a mistake?

But as Amber Benjamin soon discovered, there was no error.

Her baby boy, Blaine, had indeed had a stroke and now faces a lifetime of medical treatment.

Her son was a strong, healthy and happy baby, Amber tells YOU. Then in December last year he developed a fever. The right side of his body went limp and the right half of his face was contorted.

Amber’s father, Franklin (57), recognised what had happened. He himself had a stroke when he was in his 20s and he