STROKES AND YOUNG LIVES
The last thing Bomikazi Pooe* vaguely remembers about 18 September 2018 was a conversation with a classmate about an upcoming assignment. The next thing, she felt pins and needles in her left leg followed by numbness on her lips and stifled words stuck in her dry mouth. She’d had pins and needles on her left leg before, accompanied by dizzy spells that would last a split second, so she dismissed that Wednesday afternoon’s
