After heart valve surgery and heart attack, he came back to 'finish the run'
Nov 2, 2020
Born with a heart problem, Chad Lorenz eventually got it fixed. A remnant of the repair almost killed him.
Stories From the Heart
This series from 51Â鶹 News chronicles the inspiring journeys of heart disease and stroke survivors, caregivers and advocates.
How could it be a stroke, mom asked – 'she's only 8'
Oct 29, 2020
Young survivor regains love of reading, teams with mom to make people aware kids can have a stroke.
Boy with 'half a heart' gets lifesaving transplant
Oct 22, 2020
A Nebraska couple thought their infant son would have more time before needing a new heart.
New mom faces life-threatening heart attack days after giving birth
Oct 16, 2020
Chanel Davis-Mitchell almost died from a sudden tear in her heart arteries days after her son was born. Her husband's swift action helped save her life.
After working late, teacher woke up in ICU four days later
Sep 29, 2020
Kansas teacher Zach Nelson was working late one Sunday night. Next thing the 31-year-old knew, he was in the ICU after a cardiac arrest.
Her pain seemed muscular. It was actually a heart attack.
Sep 25, 2020
Kelly Sosnowski brushed off symptoms for days, until the pain got so bad that her husband took her to the emergency room.
A stroke at 37 meant relearning everything
Sep 17, 2020
An unplanned day in the office meant someone was around to call 911 when Angela Crenshaw had a stroke.
A clean bill of health at birth, his heart failed at 2 months
Sep 8, 2020
When Jase Tawata was 2 months old, his pediatrician heard a whooshing sound in his heart. He was in heart failure and needed open-heart surgery.
Her arm pain wasn't from skiing – it was a heart attack
Sep 3, 2020
After a massive heart attack at 40, Kelly Kleiner embraced a new normal.
She had a 20% chance to live – first from a stroke, then from COVID-19
Aug 27, 2020
Alvis Whitlow overcame a brain aneurysm in 2003. Then, this year, COVID-19. Both times, her daughter sensed "something's not right" and sought quick care.