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Sara Payne left paralysed down left side after strokeBy Mail On Sunday Reporter
Last updated at 1:23 AM on 31st January 2010
Comments (0) Add to My Stories Sara Payne has been left paralysed down the left side of her body after suffering a stroke brought on by a brain aneurysm, it was reported tonight.

The mother of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne was taken to St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London before Christmas in a life-threatening condition.

Her family gathered at her bedside as doctors informed them she had a 50-50 chance of survival.

Mrs Payne, a child protection campaigner, survived two major brain operations in 36 hours but said she has a 'long road' to recovery.
Sara Payne has been left paralysed down the left side of her body after suffering a stroke brought on by a brain aneurysm
Speaking for the first time since the illness, Mrs Payne, who has deep scars from the surgery, told tomorrow's News of the World: 'I've got to take it slowly and be patient.

'The doctors have faith in me and know I'm a fighter.

'But I'm under no illusion - I've months of tough physio to get through and there's a long road ahead.

'Rehab is the key to my getting better, to my getting home and getting home is my top priority.'

Mrs Payne, from Surrey, had a life-saving operation to cure a ruptured aneurysm in 2008.

Since the death of her eight-year-old daughter Sarah at the hands of paedophile Roy Whiting in 2000, she has become a prominent campaigner for victims' rights.

She took up the Government-appointed post of Victims' Champion at the end of January last year.

Mrs Payne, 40, launched a high-profile campaign for "Sarah's Law" after her daughter's murder, giving parents the right to know if paedophiles live near them.

A limited form of the law, based on America's Megan's Law, was announced in February 2008.

She was given an MBE in the 2008 New Year Honours List for her tireless work to keep children safe from paedophiles


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Thanks for nudging this.I have been wondering how she was doing.What this family has gone through is unimaginable .Life can be so unfair sometimes.
I hope she makes a good recovery from the stroke.As she says she is a fighter.

Thanks for the update Liz.

Thanks for the update Liz,

Trish
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Positive thoughts for Sara:o)) What a fighter this lady is:o))

Thanks for the update Liz:o)


jude xx

Jude, what a different path her life has taken since the death of her daughter, I suppose had little Sarah not been murdered, life would have chugged on the way it had been going for the family but being in the spotlight and getting involved in campaigning as she so courageously did, changed the whole family's way of life I should think.

I hope she recovers well and can continue to do whatever helps her go on with living.

Lizx

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