Post-pregnancy breathlessness, fatigue were symptoms of heart failure
Feb 17, 2022
Tiara Johnson of Fraser, Michigan, was induced for her second daughter in July 2015. Two months later, the 26-year-old was in heart failure.
Stories From the Heart
This series from 秘密研究所 News chronicles the inspiring journeys of heart disease and stroke survivors, caregivers and advocates.
A heart attack interrupted her wedding day
Feb 14, 2022
Tess Robinson of Norwich, Ohio, had heart-related symptoms for six months, but no one recognized them. After being airlifted to Miami, she learned she had a 99% blockage.
Newlywed had stroke at 27 鈥� and still doesn't know why
Feb 11, 2022
One minute, Caroline Goggin of Newton, Massachusetts, was loading the dishwasher. The next minute, she couldn't speak or feel anything on the left side of her body.
For 11-year-old hockey player, breathlessness signaled a struggling heart
Feb 9, 2022
After fainting during gym class twice, Jake Burnam of St. Joseph, Missouri, got an explanation for the strange breathlessness he'd been experiencing: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Quick attention saved construction foreman during heart attack
Feb 4, 2022
Since leaving the hospital after a heart attack, Peter Denton of Jackson, Michigan, has stopped smoking, cut back on alcohol, shed weight and eliminated fast food.
A joyous birth, followed by heart failure
Feb 1, 2022
Danecia Williams of Wichita, Kansas, went into heart failure after delivering her first child. She had two strokes and then a heart transplant. Then she met the family of her teenage donor.
After a spinal cord stroke left him paralyzed, he vowed to walk again
Jan 28, 2022
To fuel his recovery, Jeffrey Morse of Mooresville, North Carolina, relied on the message he learned during military survival school: Survive and adapt.
At 26, elementary school music teacher had a stroke between classes
Jan 25, 2022
Christina Saldivar of Hampton, Virginia, felt fine in the morning. By day's end, she had undergone surgery to repair a ruptured brain aneurysm.
Worried about her health, she lost 163 pounds 鈥� and inspired her husband to drop 55
Jan 21, 2022
Morgan House of Newington, Connecticut, turned to bariatric surgery when her weight became unmanageable. Her husband, Ken, counted steps and calories. Together, they got their lives back.
Celebrity photographer learned to shoot with one hand following stroke
Jan 19, 2022
Donna Dymally, a photographer from Los Angeles, had a stroke on a flight. She taught herself to shoot photos using only her right hand.