A doctor died suddenly in hospital aged just 32 minutes after texting his wife, and hours after putting his children to bed.
Dr Stephen Wright, a child psychologist, was settling down for a night in front of the TV with wife Charlotte after putting the children to bed when he fell ill.
Stephen had been due to start a new job as senior clinical psychologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital last Monday, reports KentLive.
Charlotte said: "I made him dinner and he didn't want to eat it, which wasn't like him.
The mental health specialist lived with Charlotte and two young sons in Sevenoaks (Image: Charlotte Wright)
"But we got the kids to bed and we were watching TV together and Stephen fell asleep.
"He woke up complaining of pins and needles in his arm.
"After half an hour they hadn't gone away and we did the stroke test and his arm was moving to one side on its own.
"He said 'Char, I'm not doing that'.
"That's when we started getting worried and called the ambulance."
Paramedics rushed Stephen to hospital - while Charlotte had to stay home because of Covid rules.
She says they said 'i love you' twice before he left.
Stephen and Charlotte married in 2018 (Image: Charlotte Wright)
While waiting for an MRI scan Stephen exchanged text messages with Charlotte. When she messaged to ask if she should tell his mum that Stephen was in hospital he sent his last message - "Not yet"
An initial scan discovered bleeding on Stephen's brain, and a second one would discover further significant bleeding. He had suffered a very rare cerebral venous stroke.
Stephen was placed on life support and kept there for several days having made clear he wanted his organs to be donated.
He had been due to start a new position as senior clinical psychologist (Image: Charlotte Wright)
It allowed Charlotte to see him at King's College Hospital one last time.
She said: "I don't think it's really sunk in yet, maybe because I got to see him when he was still warm.
"It's completely indescribable.
"I think the only reason I'm still functioning is for my boys.
"I thought I was strong enough to stay at the house on my own, but I'm not.
"I've been staying at my parents because being around other people and talking about other things seems to be the only way I can cope."
