098 Kelly’s Aortic Dissection Adventure

Root Simple Podcast

On this episode of the podcast Kelly sits down to tell the story of her aortic dissection and subsequent emergency open heart surgery, that took place on November 25, 2016. We also take time to thank all the people who helped us, especially the doctors, nurses and staff of Kaiser Permanente’s Los Angeles Medical Center and you, our readers and listeners, who sent so many kind notes and prayers. Some important links:

• The Mayo Clinic’s page on aortic dissection.
• John Ritter died of a aortic dissection. A foundation was set, in his name, that helps educate medical personnel on how to better recognize the symptoms.
• Kelly did not have a heart attack, but it’s always good to review the subtle symptoms of heart attacks experienced by women.

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