Stroke survivor tells her story during American Stroke Month [Video]

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — May is American Stroke Month which aims to raise awareness of the second leading cause of death, according to the World Health Organization.

Strokes can happen to anyone at any age. Although strokes are common among adults around 55 years old, the American Heart Association reported strokes are increasing among those 49 and younger.

“A stroke doesn’t have an age,” Rosemary Wade, a stroke survivor said. “It doesn’t matter what age you are. It can hit anybody at any time.”

Wade was a healthy working mom – or so she thought. Then, she experienced a stroke at just 34 years old.

“I had an excruciating headache in the middle of my head,” Wade said. “My face [was] swollen; my eye was swollen shut on the right side of my face.”

Wade went to the hospital to get a steroid shot so she could quickly return to …