38-year-old learns the surprising reason she had a heart attack
Jun 28, 2022
Amy Kren of Girard, Ohio, was mowing her lawn when she thought she was having an asthma attack. It turned out to be blood clots stemming from a genetic disorder.
Stories From the Heart
This series from 51Â鶹 News chronicles the inspiring journeys of heart disease and stroke survivors, caregivers and advocates.
Kitchen magnet with list of heart attack symptoms convinced him to go to the hospital
Jun 17, 2022
Feeling chest and arm discomfort, Danny Saxon of Wylie, Texas, was undecided whether to go home or head for the emergency room. That is, until his wife texted him a photo of their fridge magnet.
She thought she had bronchitis, but the problem was her heart
Jun 13, 2022
Terita Grier of Atlanta passed her heart stress test. Then a trip to the emergency room for coughing and wheezing led to open-heart surgery.
After stroke at 32, young mom's small town pitched in to help
Jun 9, 2022
Thanks to family, friends and her hometown of Columbia Falls, Montana, Elizabeth Gilberg raised four young children despite many challenges after a stroke.
Grammy winner, chart-topping producer – and kidney transplant recipient
Jun 6, 2022
At 26, composer and producer Brian Kennedy of Los Angeles was finally making it in the music business. Uncontrolled high blood pressure and kidney disease led to a kidney transplant seven years later.
He went from troubleshooting a CPR training app to using CPR to save his 2-year-old son
Jun 2, 2022
When Tyler Morgan saw his son pulled from a pool and not breathing, he put into practice the knowledge he'd absorbed from working on an app powered by his company.
Her 2-year-old niece noticed something wrong during a video chat. It was a mini-stroke.
May 26, 2022
When she was 44, Dawn Turnage of Youngstown, Ohio, had a series of transient ischemic attacks. Since then, she's worked to stay healthy.
Family's heart disease history inspired her fitness – and got her to the base of Mount Everest
May 24, 2022
Lisa Abbott of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, is mindful that heart disease has touched her father and grandfather. It's also helped inspire her fitness and mission.
She was a prime candidate for a heart attack, if only she'd realized it
May 20, 2022
Although heart disease ran in Dottie Lewis' family, she figured staying active would exempt her. After her heart attack, the Plymouth, Massachusetts, woman learned that wasn't enough.
At 23 days old, he had open-heart surgery
May 17, 2022
Leo Strauss of Houston had open-heart surgery at 23 days old. He's now a happy and healthy 5-year-old who loves Legos and wants to be a police officer and dad when he grows up.