‘I’m here for a reason.’ Doctors call UH student’s recovery a miracle after three cardiac arrests.
Kavya Patel is studying public health at the University of Houston. It’s a path she’s on, because of her own health battle. Patel was diagnosed with an inflammatory disease. Doctors think a reaction to medication caused her to collapse in…
Montgomery Co. Cowboy ready to ‘get back in the saddle’ after suffering cardiac arrest.
Cody Canton, a young cowboy from Montgomery County has to put his roping on hold while his body heals. He dropped dead of cardiac arrest, but a quick-acting colleague saved his life and his doctor, Dr. Marwan Jumean, associate professor…
For a Humble man, gallstones led to heart failure diagnosis.
Pablo Amador assumed a stomach virus was the cause of his sudden pain and nausea. “I wasn’t able to keep food down,” he said. “Then, I started having chest pains and wasn’t able to sleep. My energy level was low.”…
A Houston mom’s severe COVID led to a lung transplant. Now she’s grateful to be home with family.
One year ago, Krystal Taylor-Vasquez spent the holidays in a bed in the intensive care unit, hoping for the double lung transplant that would save her life. The Houston woman never expected her condition to deteriorate so quickly when she…
A Kingwood man put his whole heart into being Santa. Then he needed a new one.
Texas man Deryl McKenzie has been a Santa Claus for nearly four decades, but needed a heart transplant in 2018. McKenzie has Type 2 diabetes. He had dealt with heart problems for years, but by 2018, his condition had escalated…
Retired MLB player shares message of good heart health after suffering congestive heart failure.
Jim Breazeale, a retired MLB player living in Houston, wants to spread the message of prioritizing your health. Breazeale has had two heart attacks and is suffering Congestive Heart Failure. “It was just getting to where I could walk a…
Her deadly diagnosis made pregnancy risky. But this Houston woman took the leap.
Brooke Garcia was 27 weeks pregnant when she arrived at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. As an intensive care unit and ER nurse at a hospital in her hometown of Beeville, she knew the warning signs of pulmonary arterial hypertension –…
COVID-19 survivor who tested positive for 30 days, thanks doctors and nurses who saved his life.
Dr. Jacob Birnbaum was experiencing common symptoms of COVID-19. Worried, he and his family were tested for COVID-19. The results were all positive. “How could this happen?” recalls Birnbaum, “I was so careful. Then I just got worse and worse.”…
Tennis helped this Houston woman recover after her heart transplant. Now she’s going for the gold.
Venola Jolley, a Missouri City resident, began experiencing difficulty breathing and noticed her memory was failing. An avid runner, she found herself struggling to even walk. “All of a sudden my feet were heavy,” she said. “My legs were heavy….
‘I passed out.’ Texas heat mixed with medication sent Katy man to ER twice.
A Katy man is sharing his story after the Texas heat sent him to the ER – not once, but twice. At 69-years-old, Enrique Barrientos never had any heart problems. “In my family, we have had other problems, but not…