Patient Story
‘A lot to live for’
A fast-acting medical team helped a Michigan businessman survive an aneurysm and a stroke.
A fast-acting medical team helped a Michigan businessman survive an aneurysm and a stroke.
After age 25, about 1 in 4 people will suffer a stroke—the vast majority stemming from blood clots.
After being turned down by a hospital on the east side of the state because of his size, baby Mikah Gering is the smallest baby to undergo ECMO treatment. And he's thriving.
His right side once paralyzed by a life-threatening brain hemorrhage, Fabian Vasquez is now back at school and riding a bike.
As an EMT, Tim Hoffman was used to helping people. After a traumatic brain injury in an ambulance crash, he's now the one being helped.
'Devastating' hemorrhage often affects younger people, neurologist says.