A mum who went to bed for a lie down after suffering from a 'banging' headache woke up six weeks later in hospital.

Natalie Fisher, from Reddish , took herself to bed and asked her eldest son to look after her youngest, who is autistic and non-verbal, while she went for a rest on December 2 last year.

But after failing to wake back up, her son went to check on her and found her lying motionless. Emergency services were called and the mum-of-four was rushed to hospital by ambulance.

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It was later confirmed to her family that Natalie had actually suffered a brain aneurism; when a brain artery bleeds into the brain or surrounding area and causes a hemorrhagic stroke.

In hospital she re

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