State:
Kentucky
Carmen Thompson, Kentucky
Frankfort, Kentucky resident, Carmen Thompson, is 66 years young. So when she suffered a stroke December of last year, she didn’t believe it was happening to her.
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A Story from the Heart: Anne and Cade Lindsey, Kentucky
The heart. It is our life force. The rhythmic pulse with which our bodies are oxygenated and cleansed.
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Charlotte and Rachel Richey, Kentucky
On May 28, 2015, four-year-old Charlotte was diagnosed with an electrical heart condition called Catecholarminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPMVT). The diagnosis came after she had two incidents in which she lost consciousness and had to have CPR performed to save her life.
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Roy Varghese, M.D., Kentucky
After more than thirty years of caring for patients in his Eastern Kentucky community, Dr. Roy Varghese unexpectedly became a patient himself.
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My Stroke Hero, by Sherry Pickett
My Stroke Hero is my son, Matthew Pickett. Matthew was born on June 2, 1999, and within 24 hours, he coded. Also during that time, he had stroke. Unfortunately, the cardiologist had to wait days for the bleeding to stop in order to do his first open heart surgery.
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Tonii Rizzo, Kentucky
In April 2006, Tonii Rizzo was the picture of health. An avid runner who exercised every day, he never expected to have a "widow maker" heart attack that would forever change his life.
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Malenda McCalister, Kentucky
On October 2008, at just 30- years-old, Malenda McCalister's life changed forever as she collapsed on the living room floor after giving birth to her son just 10 days earlier.
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