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Days after her 30th birthday, Maria DiTullio lost the ability to talk, walk and eat. “My birthday was March 20. I had turned 30 and eight days later I had a stroke,” DiTullio said. DiTullio's life changed forever when she suffered a massive stroke 12 years ago.More

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