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Mum shares heartbreaking photos of her son after he collapsed from taking one line of cocaine
A MUM has posted a shocking photo of her son who nearly died after taking cocaine as a stark warning to other users.
Former Royal Marine Carl Ayres, then 28, suffered a life-changing stroke five days after snorting one line of the Class A drug at an English pub last New Year’s Eve.
Carl, from Hampshire in the UK, can no longer walk or speak and relies on his mum Julie to help him go to the toilet.
His life changed forever on January 4 this year — when he was out on a five-mile (8km) run.
The exercise is thought to have triggered high blood pressure and caused a slow-moving clot to develop.
The following morning Carl, who owns a digger company, collapsed at a client’s house and was rushed to hospital, where he remained in a coma for four days.
His family were informed he was likely to have locked-in syndrome, a condition where the body and most of the facial muscles are paralysed while the person remains conscious, and they considered turning off his life support machine.
But Carl started to make progress and he is now undergoing physiotherapy at a rehabilitation centre in Southampton where Julie, 50, visits him every day.
Julie said she feels “broken” over what happened to her son, describing it as “absolutely heartbreaking”.
She doesn’t think he will ever fully recover.
She explained: “He was so active and full of life, he ran his own business.
“Now I wipe his bottom for him. Some days I don’t want to get out of bed.
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http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/re.../news-story/83a9d04321a8c6e607171d14a4c3ec7a?
A MUM has posted a shocking photo of her son who nearly died after taking cocaine as a stark warning to other users.
Former Royal Marine Carl Ayres, then 28, suffered a life-changing stroke five days after snorting one line of the Class A drug at an English pub last New Year’s Eve.
Carl, from Hampshire in the UK, can no longer walk or speak and relies on his mum Julie to help him go to the toilet.
His life changed forever on January 4 this year — when he was out on a five-mile (8km) run.
The exercise is thought to have triggered high blood pressure and caused a slow-moving clot to develop.
The following morning Carl, who owns a digger company, collapsed at a client’s house and was rushed to hospital, where he remained in a coma for four days.
His family were informed he was likely to have locked-in syndrome, a condition where the body and most of the facial muscles are paralysed while the person remains conscious, and they considered turning off his life support machine.
But Carl started to make progress and he is now undergoing physiotherapy at a rehabilitation centre in Southampton where Julie, 50, visits him every day.
Julie said she feels “broken” over what happened to her son, describing it as “absolutely heartbreaking”.
She doesn’t think he will ever fully recover.
She explained: “He was so active and full of life, he ran his own business.
“Now I wipe his bottom for him. Some days I don’t want to get out of bed.
Cont -
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/re.../news-story/83a9d04321a8c6e607171d14a4c3ec7a?