THURSDAY, February 20, 2014
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THIS WEEK Krista Willoughby art
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finding THERAPY in By Karla Pierce
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On Nov 4, 2006, a young woman went to bed not knowing her whole world was about to change . . . Krista Willoughby awoke the next day with a migraine and was taken to a Vancouver hospital. With a predisposed brain malformation, Willoughby suffered a major stroke and slipped into a com coma. ma. Her husband, Derek, was told by doctors to prepare himself for her death. Fortunately, a month later, his young wife beat the prognosis and woke up. The medical staff was amazed by her recovery, but doctors delivered the bad news — she had sufuf-fered a catastrophic stroke and she would never walk again. Willoughby, an avid runner and athlete, was determined to prove them wrong. She was moved to a rehabilitation centre in Vancouver and began physiotherapy, occupational theraherrapy, speech therapy and art therapy.
As part of her rehabilitation, she began creating art . . . STORY/B4
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