Hemorrhagic stroke survivor, Yael Shvetz, tells her story of survival and recovery
Hemorrhagic stroke survivor, Yael Shvetz, tells her story of survival and recovery
What Yael Shvetz thought was a terrible migraine, was actually a rare, hemorrhagic stroke. Yael was placed in a medically induced coma for 10 days. When she woke up, she needed intensive rehab to learn how to walk, talk, and take care of herself again. Today, she is sharing her story in hopes to inspire others to prioritize their well-being and learn the signs and symptoms of stroke. Yael is a member of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women 2023 Real women Class of Survivors.
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10.32 -> I started the day with a little bit of a
13.259 -> migraine that was an ongoing migraine
16.56 -> for about a week on and off I also was
20.22 -> throwing up non-stop I went to see my
23.039 -> doctor he gave me something to help stop
26.46 -> the throwing up and eventually I went to
29.16 -> lie down and in my bed and my daughter
32.399 -> came into the room and I kind of slipped
35.46 -> out of the corner of the bed and fell to
38.28 -> the floor at that point my daughter
40.399 -> called 9-1-1
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46.02 -> they rushed me to the hospital and found
48.48 -> out that I was having bleeding in the
51.3 -> brain so they've shaved my head and
53.82 -> removed half of my skull so that they
55.8 -> can go into the brain and remove the
59.1 -> bleeding and right after that I was put
61.739 -> into a medically induced coma for about
65.36 -> 10 days
70.04 -> I was for a month and a half
72.08 -> hospitalized and then for a little over
74.52 -> two weeks I was in rehab to start
77.82 -> working on all my motor skills and
79.68 -> getting the speech back
81.54 -> ever since I've just been grateful to to
84.84 -> be alive and grateful for my family and
88.56 -> for my friends and for my community
92.52 -> I didn't know my family history because
94.74 -> I was adopted as a baby so going into
97.74 -> this there was no knowledge at all at
100.32 -> all but my kids certainly do know now
102.96 -> what they need to look out for
104.64 -> themselves
105.78 -> I feel like I can you know really do
109.439 -> almost anything now
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113.1 -> foreign
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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DgttiNkbjk