A LITTLE girl was left paralysed and unable to talk after a bout of chickenpox triggered two strokes. Avy Berry, 6, suffered her first stroke just a few months after catching the common childhood illness . She first had a transient ischaemic attack - known as a mini stroke - followed by an actual stroke, which meant she had to undergo brain surgery .
The tot was left temporarily paralysed and had to learn how to talk again. But just a few weeks into her recovery, Avy landed a year-long role on Hollyoaks, playing Scott Drinkwell's foster daughter Miley Carson. The brave tot also landed a small cinema role, starring as an extra in Paramount Pictures horror film A Quiet Place: Day One .
Her mum Fearne Collins, 31, said: "We are just proud of her every day - she's really resilient." Fearne first realised that something was wrong with Avy in April 2022. The tot was asleep but wasn't very responsive and she couldn't use one side of her body.
Fearne rang an ambulance but by the time they arrived, Avy's symptoms had stopped. Most read in Health The mum was told her little girl could have had viral infection and was having a bad dream. Fearne, of Middleton, Greater Manchester, then took Avy to A&E and a scan revealed she actually had a mini stroke and she was put on low dose blood thinners.
Avy then had an actual stroke and had brain surgery to correct the blood flow in her brain in October 2022. Fearne said: "She is on high-dose blood thinners now but that was 18 months ago and she's.