Thomas and Millie Beckett with daughter Corinne – SWNS

A grandmother who suffered a deadly brain bleed has made a miracle recovery—after doctors told the family five times that she wouldn’t survive.

Millie Beckett ended up in a coma for three weeks after the massive hemorrhage, but her devoted husband never left her bedside.

Millie’s daughter, Corinne, said the family was utterly ‘devastated’ when the medical team at Inverclyde Royal Hospital in Scotland warned that even if the 74-year-old lived, she would be left profoundly disabled and need round-the-clock care.

But Millie was back on her feet within weeks—and five months later, she has made an almost complete recovery.

“Mum was in the hospital for eight weeks,” said daughter Corrine. “Honestly, every time I look at her, I could cry. We thought she was gone.”

“We were absolutely devastated when we were told that it was bad news, and she wasn’t going to make it.”

Millie, who lives in Inverkip, Scotland, had only retired in 2023 after a career working in social care.

“We are such a close knit family,” her daughter told SWNS news agency. “We do everything together. My mum and dad are our best friends.”

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Looking back on what happened, husband Thomas, who ran his own fabrication company before retiring, said they noticed on November 30 that Millie had become really confused and disorientated and was mixing up her words.

They rushed her to the hospital where brain scans were taken. The family was then told that Millie had suffered a massive intra-cerebral brain bleed, which is a type of stroke.

“They basically told us there was nothing that they could do for her,” Corinne recalled “The bleed was too big to operate.

“They found a room for her in the stroke unit. They also gave us a room. We couldn’t bear it if she was to pass away and there was no-one by her side. She was unresponsive and in a coma, but dad never left her side.”

As the days passed the prognosis did not change; Millie remained paralyzed with no speech. “Five times we were told that mum wouldn’t survive, and that if they took her off the machine she would slip away,” she recalled.

After three weeks, though, Millie began to respond to treatment, and with the help of staff at the stroke unit, her recovery progressed to the point where, eight weeks after the hemorrhage, she was able to walk right out of the unit.

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“They offered me a wheel chair but I didn’t need it,” said Millie. “It has been much harder for my family than me. I have no memory of it at all.”

Miracle Millie is now looking forward to her summer holiday in Spain with Thomas—to whom she has been married for 57 years—and enjoying their retirement.

“I just want to make the most of every day. When I see the nurses in the town, they say to me, ‘There’s our Christmas miracle.’”

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The family are forever grateful for the team at the IRH stroke unit. Daughter Corinne said: “They were incredible with my mum and with us. They couldn’t do enough for us.

“We want to give something back, to help other patients.” So the family is now aiming to raise thousands for the stroke unit as a gesture of thanks and to help other patients.

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