A MUM has spoken of her terror watching her son suffer three strokes at just four years old. Kimberley O'Brien, 28, thought strokes could only affect old people before her son, Sebastian, now five, was struck. His first one was last September, when Kimberley rushed into his bedroom at one in the morning to find him clinging onto his bunk bed for dear life. Once Kimberley got him onto the floor, she saw his face drooped and the right side of his body was frozen stiff. Kimberley was told by doctors to film any more attacks so they could watch the recordings back and assess what was wrong. The mum-of-two said she felt guilty recording her son suffering, but she did it in the hope of a diagnosis. Doctors initially thought Sebastian was having seizures, caused by epilepsy. But tests and the footage ruled this out, and revealed the youngster instead had a major ischaemic stroke - caused by a blockage of blood supply to the brain - and two mini-strokes. Six months … [Read more...] about Mum’s terror at watching son, 5, suffer three strokes leaving his body frozen