Father-of-one, Scott Ferguson, aged 53, was struck down by a stroke while on holiday with his family. The shock incident occurred on Boxing Day 2022 while Scott was brushing his teeth and suddenly felt unwell . He recounts the harrowing moment: "Standing beside Sam, I told her I wasn't feeling right.
I remember holding my hand to my head, and just feeling so disoriented.I managed to sit down and Sam tells me now that she watched me rest my head on my right arm and then the left side of my body slumped and my face started to droop, it was as if losing all power, she knew instantly I was having a stroke." Sam's immediate response was to seek help frantically from nearby lodgings.
"Sam rushed next door and banged on the door calling for help. She managed to speak to a Spanish couple and ask that they rang an ambulance." Following the stroke, Scott required critical care and an air ambulance ferried him from Fuerteventura to Gran Canaria for urgent attention.
As Scott struggled with the situation, he admits, "I remember thinking I was going to die. I was feeling really frightened and I just thought this must be it." Disoriented by the foreign surroundings, Scott was in a state of confusion: "I had no real idea what was going on - everyone around me was speaking in Spanish, and I know Sam was trying her hardest to work out what was happening.
" After a six-week ordeal in the Canary Islands, Scott was eventually escorted back home to continue his recovery at Watford General Hospital.
