Improved fitness gave man chance to walk daughter down the aisle after heart attack
May 13, 2022
Justin Ballard of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, couldn’t escape his family history. After he’d dropped weight and gotten in shape, he had a heart attack.
Stories From the Heart
This series from 51Â鶹 News chronicles the inspiring journeys of heart disease and stroke survivors, caregivers and advocates.
Theater director has a stroke the day after a crushing fall
May 10, 2022
Instead of enjoying her 50th birthday bash, Victoria Shepherd of Toronto was in the hospital dealing with the aftermath of a bleeding stroke and a shattered shoulder.
She's been a nurse for 50 years; the last 30, she's also been a heart patient
May 6, 2022
Doctors thought Marilyn Rantz had 10 good years left after undergoing a quadruple coronary bypass operation at 40. More than three decades later, she's still going strong.
Limited by stroke at 48, his wife helps him make the most of their 'new normal'
May 2, 2022
High school sweethearts John and Paula Cathey were enjoying their life together in Murray, Kentucky. Since John's stroke in 2013, their love has helped them persevere.
She retired from playing football at 41, had heart attack at 43
Apr 29, 2022
Tammy Spencer Bey of Pittsburgh had moved on to coaching football when she learned she had a 100% blockage in her right coronary artery. Now healthier than ever, she implores women to stay aware of heart disease.
COVID-19 led to heart problem that put teen in a wheelchair for 3 months
Apr 26, 2022
After a mild case of COVID-19, a Kansas teenager kept fainting. She'd developed a condition called POTS and then couldn't walk for several months.
Overworked single mom collapsed at work and wound up with a new heart
Apr 21, 2022
Alicia Wilson, who lives outside of Philadelphia, needed a heart transplant because of a rare disorder that damaged her heart. Now, she advocates for patients and organ donors and stresses the importance of self-care.
For 27 years, organ donation has been boosted by 'the Nicholas effect'
Apr 19, 2022
Since 7-year-old Nicholas Green was randomly killed by gunfire while on vacation in Italy, his father, Reg Green of La Cañada Flintridge, California, has worked to save and extend the lives of others.
At 38, she had two strokes in one day
Apr 14, 2022
Doctors were able to remove the clot that caused the first stroke in Saundra Minge of Cincinnati. But a second stroke hours later proved more difficult.
Couple had to wait until after daughter's birth to learn exactly what was wrong with her heart
Apr 12, 2022
Before birth, doctors suspected Sadie Conway of Greenfield Township, Pennsylvania, had a congenital heart defect. A month after she was born, it was clear she needed open-heart surgery.