THE mother of a lifelong Bradford Bulls fan who suffered a seizure at a match has spoken of her relief that he is back home and on the road to recovery.
On Sunday afternoon, the Bulls’ match down south at London Broncos had to be halted for 15 minutes during the first half after Harry Foster collapsed in the away end.
The 21-year-old, who has supported the club all his life and can always be seen banging the drum at the back of the stand on matchdays, was on the floor after having a fit for around six minutes.
It led to mum Alison Foster rushing through the crowd to attend to her son.
“I have never witnessed anybody I love go through that,” she said.
“It is concerning because it is not something that has ever happened to him.
“He is normally fit and well. He plays rugby and is a fully qualified referee.
“It was awful for everybody because he is well-liked. Everybody was visibly upset. They didn’t want to watch the rest of the match after that.”
Bradford players and Cameron Worsley, a fellow referee in charge of the game, were full of concern when a conscious but unresponsive Harry passed them on a scoop stretch en route to the stadium’s medical room.
Once there, the right side of his face had drooped, his speech was slurred and he could not answer simple questions or even count to 10.
Harry was discharged and allowed back to his Batley home after spending most of the night at St George’s Hospital.
The warehouse worker has since been referred to the first seizure clinic, is on complete bed rest for two weeks and can’t drive for six months.
“It was worrying because you don’t know what the cause is,” Alison added.
“He is going to have head scans to establish if epilepsy is going to be an ongoing problem for him or this was just a one-off, at this stage we don’t know.
“Nigel Wood (Bulls chairman) offered his help if we needed a taxi home or food etc. We would like to say a massive thank you to the club, players, medical staff and our rugby family.
“Everybody has sent some lovely wishes and messages of support. It has been very overwhelming and humbling.”
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