The Heart Life

Hyvelle was living her life as a normal 41 year old woman when her life was suddenly changed by a stroke. That was just the beginning of her journey. Shortly after she had to undergo open heart surgery and multiple stent surgeries. Hyvelle is a fighter who shares her heart disease survivor story with other […] The post S1 E8- A Stroke and Open Heart Surgery -Hyvelle Ferguson-Davis’ Story appeared first on The Heart Life.

On this episode of The Heart Life we meet Sarah, Angie and Tamsen- Three women brought together by the most extraordinary of circumstances. Strokes brought them together – and now they’re homies. Stroke homies…STROMIES! Angie Jorgensen is a mom and certified fitness instructor. In 2012 she was in a coma, suffered a stroke and found […] The post S1 E7 -Three Stroke Survivors Who Are Now Homies (Stromies) appeared first on The Heart Life.

At 25 years old Molly’s life changed overnight. Her heart was beating 180 beats per minute with no sign of slowing down when she got to the emergency room. That night her life changed forever. She spent years fighting for her life and ultimately her will to live proved to be stronger than heart disease. […] The post S1 E6 -She Spent 3 Years Fighting For Her Life- Molly Hemphill’s Story appeared first on The Heart Life.

Lisa Deck is a four time stroke survivor who is currently living with moyamoya disease. She has had two brain surgeries, she is a fighter and she uses her experience to educate and empower women about the risk factors for heart disease and stroke. Learn more about Lisa’s story here The post S1 E5- Four Strokes and Two Brain Surgeries Later – Lisa Deck’s Story appeared first on The Heart Life.

Helga was born with an aortic heart valve stenosis. After the first femoral catheter they decided to do another femoral catheter intervention where they used a balloon catheter to expand her aortic valve. But the surgery failed and so she had a valve with a serious insufficiency. It became so bad that they decided to […] The post S1E4 -Three heart procedures before the age of 10 -Helga’s Story appeared first on The Heart Life.

In 1993 when Rebecca was a sophomore in high school she was in the middle of field hockey summer sessions when she started having dizzy spells, tunnel vision, blackouts, and fainting. Her parents took her to her family doctor who ordered a holter monitor, which showed an irregular heart beat and she was diagnosed with a […] The post S1E3 Supra Ventricular Tachycardia – Rebecca Smith-Casey’s Story appeared first on The Heart Life.

Amanda Dejesus was born with Congenital Heart Disease. She had her first heart surgery at 14 days old, a pacemaker implanted when she was 13 and a heart transplant at 15 years old. She thought her ordeal was over but at age 22 her body started to reject her new heart. Luckily, Amanda survived….. read more The post S1E2 Heart Transplant at 15- Amanda’s Story appeared first on The Heart Life.

I didnt know I had heart disease and it almost killed me while I was pregnant. This is my story of how it all unfolded and luckily for me I was in the right place at the right time when my heart almost gave out. My heart story is similar to a lot of women […] The post S1E1-Heart Failure While Pregnant-Stacy’s Story appeared first on The Heart Life.