In an adult and in a child, you want them to begin rehabilitation as soon as possible.

Symptoms that might be easy to see in an adult – like one-sided weakness – aren’t easily recognized in children.

The brain is going to regain most of its abilities in the weeks or months following [the stroke].

Strokes are never good. But children tend to heal more rapidly than adults would because their immune, nervous and circulatory systems are more responsive.