The 16-year-old is battling to walk again after suffering a stroke and Locked In Syndrome

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The 16-year-old is battling to walk again after suffering a stroke and Locked In Syndrome

A TEENAGER recovering from a stroke is planning to walk 100 laps on her treadmill to help raise funds to buy new ventilators for the NHS.

Miranda Meldrum, now 16, owes her life to the expert skills and dedication of NHS staff at the Royal United Hospital in Bath and the Bristol Children’s Hospital.
She has spent the past three years making a miraculous recovery from a stroke and Locked In Syndrome.
At the age of 13, she suffered a catastrophic brain stem haemorrhage that left her unable to speak or use her arms and legs.
She spent four months on a ventilator and her mum, Stella Meldrum, said: “It helped to save Miranda’s life. Without one, she would have been dead.
“When Miranda and I saw the amazing achievement of World War Two veteran Captain Tom Moore walking 100 laps of his garden to raise more than £12.5 million for the NHS she wanted to do her bit to help.”
Now Miranda is planning to walk 100 laps on her treadmill in the hope of raising £1 million to enable the NHS to purchase new ventilators.
She said: “I spent four months on a ventilator aged only 13 surviving a brain stem stroke and suffering from Locked In Syndrome, so I know how important those things are. They saved my life.
“I am working very hard to learn walk again. I push myself so far in my rehab - so would like to use my efforts to raise money for ventilators for those now in need of them.
“100 laps for however much my efforts can raise. Thank you for your help in this.”
Mrs Meldrum added: “It doesn’t matter if we raise £10,000 or £1 million, Miranda wants to walk one lap a day to help NHS staff who saved her life.”
Over the past three years, Miranda has made an almost miraculous recovery from LIS and has left doctors and nurses at both hospitals amazed by her determination to make a full recovery.
She now spends 90 minutes every day walking a lap on the treadmill at her home in Westwood with her mum riding an exercise bike by her side.
Mrs Meldrum said: “Miranda is a typical teenager. She wants to become more independent and to not have to rely on me.
“We need to get her walking again by the time she’s 18 so that she can do the things her friends do and go out and have fun.
“She’s a girl who always gives 100 per cent to everything she does and it’s just unbelievable how the brain stem haemorrhage has struck her down.
“She is struggling to walk again but she’s determined to do her best and raise as much as she can for the NHS.”
To donate to Miranda’s appeal, go to www.gofundme.com/f/1zbe5ywx00