‘Hearts are s***e’, say Hibs fans in first words since suffering stroke

"It just came to me"

A Hibernian supporter who had been unable to speak for four months after suffering from a stroke shocked his nurses by uttering his first words, mocking Hearts of Midlothian. Darren Thomson, 22, lost all feeling in the left hand side of his body shortly after experiencing a painful headache. He was then rushed to hospital, where doctors discovered that he had suffered a seizure following a bleed on the brain from a blood clot the size of a 10p coin on his brain. Thomson had two operations to relieve pressure on his brain, but remained unable to speak for months. https://twitter.com/edinburghpaper/status/1107360728644755456 The came the faithful day, when hearing his nurses discuss Hearts, that Thomson spoke the immortal and poetic words: "Hearts are shite." Months later, Thomson has discussed the incident: “It was so scary not being able to speak. “It’s so hard to put into words what it’s like not being able to speak. “I was so confused, I didn’t even know what was happening or anything. “But when I had a Hearts doctor looking after me, someone had said ‘what’s Hearts’ and I just said ‘Hearts are shite’. “It just came to me, I was so happy that I spoke out, everyone laughed. “It felt so good to just hear my own voice again.”