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Days before the Nov b ma- dent,the Grade I student showed no initial symptoms, besides some loss of balance while lying his shoes and a " tle confusion. common occur- rents among children his age, last November, Alex, then fwe, suffered a stroke and was fully paralyzed down the left side of his body for the better part of a week. "We just could not believe it was happening," Margaret sud, "The common opmmn was kids don't have strokes." "He was a little restless the night before, but nothing too unusual," Steve explained. lt wasn't until the next morning when Alex. while reaching for the televtsion con- verter on his parents' bed, fell onto the floor, that his family knew something senous was happening. "He had complete left-side paralysis," the father said. "You knew itjust by looking at him, the left side of he, face drooped and his speech was affected, "There was no question. 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