Influencer Jackie Miller James Shares Aphasia Prognosis After Aneurysm

Jackie Miller James is beginning a brand new chapter. 

The influencer shared that she’s heading residence to California after spending 10 months in hospitals throughout the U.S. whereas recovering from an aneurysm rupture in her mind, which left her in a medically induced coma final 12 months.

In her first social media video because the episode, Jackie shared she is “prepared to start out residing once more.”

“What a 12 months it has been for me and my household,” she wrote within the caption of her March 26 Instagram publish. “Final Might, I used to be given a 50/50 likelihood of constructing it by means of the evening… and now I am right here writing you.”

The 35-year-old defined that she struggles with aphasia—a language dysfunction that Bruce Willis was additionally recognized with—and famous that it impacts her speech and has restricted her use of her proper arm and leg.

“However, I am extra motivated than ever to maintain placing within the work,” she shared. “Whereas restoration has had some extremely powerful moments, having my 10-month outdated daughter Knoxly by my aspect has been my supply of motivation. And all through all of it, Austin has been my rock. Family and friends have additionally stepped up in actually wonderful methods to assist us.”