A young woman can no longer walk, talk or eat independently after suffering a massive brain haemorrhage while driving.

Molly Lloyd, 22, who lived in Splott, Cardiff, had a seizure while her boyfriend was in the passenger seat during a vacation in May.

He was able to take control of the car and eventually took it safely off the road. 

Molly, who was diagnosed with a brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) aged 19, eventually came round and was taken to a hospital in nearby Hereford.

She needed three emergency operations to stem the bleeding on her brain and has been in hospital recovering ever since.

Molly’s mum, Jenny Lloyd, said the past four months had been a living nightmare, and it remains to be seen whether her daughter will be able to make any sort of recovery. 

She said: ‘Her brain will need to rewire itself – she’ll have to learn everything again like a baby.

‘Each person with a brain injury is an individual so it’s hard to know how they will recover. Someone could come [into hospital] the same as Molly and be walking and talking within six months. I have to hold out hope that she will get better.’

Doctors in Hereford discovered Molly had suffered two bleeds on her brain and her AVM had grown to 6cm x 6cm. 

AVM is a tangle of abnormal and poorly-developed blood vessels, which increases the likelihood of a severe brain bleed in the future. 

She was ‘blue-lighted’ to Queen Elizabeth Hospital where she underwent an emergency craniectomy.

A few days later, she had a third bleed, prompting doctors to carry out a procedure to stop further bleeding. 

‘That was the week from hell,’ said Jenny, who stayed in Birmingham during her daughter’s ordeal.

Following three months in Birmingham, Molly was transferred to University Hospital Llandough where she continues to make slow progress. 

‘She can’t speak and she can barely move, but she can open her eyes and she can definitely understand you,’ added Jenny, who makes frequent trips from her home near Hay-on-Wye to Llandough to see Molly. 

‘They weren’t able to take all of the AVM out during surgery, so the threat of another haemorrhage is still there.’

She said Molly is making small signs of progress and can now use yes and no communication cards to answer questions.

Molly’s family and friends have set up a GoFundMe page, organised by her friend Jemma Howells, to raise funds for her extensive rehabilitation when she finally leaves hospital. 

Her friends are also planning to run the Cardiff Half Marathon in October.

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