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Caring for Nicole By Romy Stephens
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Almost five months ago Dave and Nicole Gallacher’s life was turned upside down, after Nicole collapsed with a bleed on her brain and as a result, they lost their baby son. But the Mount Evelyn couple now want to thank their local community, which has since provided overwhelming support. On 19 March Nicole - who was pregnant at the time - suddenly experienced severe headaches before becoming dizzy and collapsing. “When I got dizzy I knew that something was really wrong,” Nicole said. “I tried to call my husband but he was teaching and unable to answer, luckily I was able to call my Dad. “While I was on the phone I fell face first and that’s the last thing I remember...Dad said I started to slur my words so he called an ambulance.” Dave received three missed calls from Nicole and a voicemail converted to a text saying something was wrong. “I tried to call straight back but the phone was answered by a male voice who introduced himself as Mike, a paramedic,” Dave explained. “At that point I was very worried and ran down the school corridor and out the front door to get home as quickly as I could. “Seeing Nicole on the floor in the living room with four paramedics around her was really scary.” Nicole was rushed to the Austin Hospital where she went straight into theatre for emergency surgery on her brain, lasting over eight hours. The complications meant the couple’s son, Ned, was born stillborn. “Nicole’s lungs and heart were not working properly and the doctors needed to do everything that they could to save Nicole’s life,” Dave said. Continued page 11
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