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Tayside mum-of-two hit by devastating stroke suffers further heartache on slow road to recovery

From left, Louise McLuckie and Freya Brown with auntie Stephanie McEwan.
From left, Louise McLuckie and Freya Brown with auntie Stephanie McEwan.

A Tayside woman left unable to hold her baby following a stroke has suffered another setback.

Louise McLuckie, 36, from Carnoustie, broke her foot during a stroke exercise class which will take four weeks to heal.

The mother-of-two had planned to walk across the Tay Bridge on Saturday to raise funds towards equipment and physical training sessions to help her recovery, before disaster struck.

Miss McLuckie said: “I’ve been working hard to get back to health and was really looking forward to Saturday’s walk.

“I was at a stroke exercise class when I dropped a dumbbell on my foot and broke it.

“I can’t actually feel much pain because my left side is so weak following the stroke so I just hope I haven’t done any more damage.

“I’ve been given a recovery time of four weeks and have to wear a specialist boot.

“I’ve had to postpone the sponsored walk because I have to take a step back to make a full recovery.

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“Things were really starting to look up so it’s a big setback but it’s one that I’m determined to come back from.

“I want to come back even stronger and I’ve now set myself a goal to do the walk on January 6.

“Completing it will be a great start to the new year and I know I can do it. I’ll be back on track soon.”

Miss McLuckie collapsed in her bedroom in March just four months after giving birth to her second child Freya.

She could not feel her left arm or left leg and was rushed to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.

She was given a CT scan which detected she had suffered an ischemic stroke caused by a blood clot in the brain.

Miss McLuckie – who is also mother to 12-year-old Holly – walks with the aid of a stick and depends on a mobility scooter for longer distances.

Miss McLuckie, who is left-handed, cannot use her left arm and says it has had a devastating impact on family life because she cannot pick up her baby or change her nappy.

Before she became pregnant with Freya, Miss McLuckie was a 20-a-day smoker who ate fast food, guzzled fizzy drinks and didn’t exercise.

She developed high blood pressure in pregnancy and gestational diabetes and gave birth four weeks early.

Miss McLuckie had been put on beta-blockers to lower her high blood pressure but had stopped taking them just before she collapsed.

Sister Stephanie and mum Lorraine have been helping her care for Freya and Holly while she battles back to health.

Miss McLuckie said she’s been overwhelmed by the messages of support and donations from family, friends and strangers since going public.

“I can’t thank them enough for their donations and I am determined to complete the walk to say thank you,” she said.

People can still support her by going to 

https://www.gofundme.com/a2yfd8-stroke-recovery