Miracle wedding

But Mr Treloar was one of the first people in West Sussex to benefit from a new clot-buster drug and the modern medicine has restored his life.

He said the recent wedding at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum at Singleton had been a marvellous day.

He did not want the occasion to pass without thanking the staff at St Richard's Hospital '“ led by Dr Ingrid Kane in the cardiac care unit '“ for their work.

"They were fantastic and, without them, the wedding may have had to be cancelled," he said.

But Ms Parry, 50, was the star of the couple's big day. Mr Treloar, 59, said: "Not only did she ensure the medical staff at St Richard's were called immediately on the day of the stroke, she kept her wedding dress secret from everybody until the day, even fooling her family and friends."

It was at 7.30am on February 4 that Mr Treloar, of North Bersted Street, suffered the potentially-fatal stroke. A three-hour deadline exists for the pioneering drug, known as a thromboembolic drug, to work. It restores blood quickly to the damaged part of the brain.

The effects are so remarkable Mr Treloar was discharged from hospital on February 10 to convalesce at home. By early March, few signs remained of the stroke.

He has since returned to his job as a principal trading standards officer at the county council.

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