Last August, Kepu Savou thought he had a cold until he continued to get worse, suffering from fatigue and shortness of breath. Doctors found the Des Moines, Wash. man had heart failure. He was rushed to UW Medical Center - Montlake where he waited for four months until he got a heart transplant. At 29 years old, Savou never imagined something like this would happen to him, but it can. Dr. Claudius Mahr, a cardiologist with UW Medicine’s Heart Institute, explains heart failure is a growing, all too common issue that affects people of all ages.
To recognize the symptoms of heart failure, just remember “FACES”: fatigue, activities limited, chest congestion, edema or ankle swelling, and shortness of breath. If you are concerned, go see a doctor.
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0.439 -> kapu Tsavo walks as much as he can every
3.3 -> day right now I'm just like focusing on
5.37 -> getting my hot tub like getting me back
8.58 -> to work that's because he was in the
10.92 -> hospital for four months I tell us we
13.53 -> helping ourselves out moving working
15.859 -> doing everything on my own like I really
19.59 -> think that I had a heart problem cuz my
22.68 -> whole my whole life I never did had one
24.869 -> he first thought it was just a cold but
27.21 -> he was short of breath and got tired all
29.609 -> the time then doctors found out he had
32.7 -> lost most of his heart function he's
35.1 -> only 29 years old unfortunately it's an
38.37 -> all too common issue there are about a
42.18 -> half a million new cases of heart
44.61 -> failure diagnosed every year in the US
46.89 -> alone many people think of heart failure
50.01 -> as a disease of the elderly and it turns
53.46 -> out that there are many younger patients
56.039 -> both male and female who suffer from
58.62 -> heart failure in kappa's case he had to
60.989 -> wait for a heart transplant at UW
63.18 -> Medical Center Montlake while there he
66 -> found out two of his friends died from
67.89 -> heart issues I almost gave up but till I
70.619 -> talk to my grandma that's she was like
73.2 -> telling me and they got a hang on you'll
76.229 -> be fine it didn't take a week later when
79.02 -> whilst in the hospital we found out that
82.14 -> she has lung cancer so and I was like
85.909 -> I'm not gonna let my grandma bury me
89.1 -> that's what kept me going was fighting
92.46 -> for my grandma right before Christmas
93.96 -> his fight paid off I never did see life
97.38 -> in the different different way now got
99.84 -> better before with a new heart and a new
102.06 -> start even the littlest thing appreciate
104.43 -> he's absolutely determined to get better
107.399 -> so he can focus on the ones who
109.77 -> supported him every step of the way
111.81 -> being in the hospital that made me think
114.45 -> like how precious life is
116.28 -> and the ones surrounding the whole clock
119.28 -> see her family is more important than
122.009 -> anything
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