WHICH
WHICH IS
WHICH IS GOING TO MIMIC THE FLOOR.
FLOOR.
FLOOR. AFTER THAT, THEY WILL START
POURING THE WATER IN NEXT WEEK.
IT WILL OPEN LATER THIS GYM.
>>> MOST OF US KNOW THE WARNING
SIGNS OF A HEART ATTACK, PAIN,
DIZZINESS SHORTNESS OF BREATH,
LADIES HAVE THEIR OWN SYMPTOMS
+@
+@ THAT
+@ THAT ARE NOT SO OBVIOUS.
ONE WOMAN DIED AND CAME BACK TO
LIFE ONCE TO SHARE HER STORY.
HERE IS THIS WFAA ORIGINAL.
>> Reporter: HER WORK AND IS 45
MINUTES SPREAD OVER THREE
+@MACHINES.
+@MACHINES. >> IT IS A+@MBITIOUS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I DO THE STEP AND T+@HE TREADMI
AND I TO THE STATIONARY BIKE.
>> Reporter: THIS WOMAN ALREADY
COMPLETED THE HARDEST PART.
+@
COMPLETED THE HARDEST PART. >> IT READS MY HEART RATE.
>> Reporter: SHE CAME BACK TO
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. >>
LIFE. >> IT WAS A MIRACLE.
IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IN
+@MIRACLES, COME TALK TO ME.
I GOT IT.
I GOT IT.
I GOT IT. I AND IT.
I AND IT.
I AND IT. I AM A WALKING, TALKING,
ENJOYING LIFE HUMAN BEING THAT+
ON SEPTEMBER 22, I DIED.
>> Reporter: THAT TEIXEIRA WAS
WORKING HERE IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS
WHEN SHE STARTED FEELING REALLY
BAD.
BAD.
BAD. SHE
BAD. SHE SAYS SHE NEEDED TO BURP,
HER ARMS WERE HURTING AND SHE
WAS SHORT OF BREATH.
HER FRIEND DIALED 911.
AND THE SYMPTOMS WENT AWAY.
THEY CANCELED T+@HE CALL FOR HE.
RIGHT AWAY, THE SENTENCE CAME
BACK EVEN WORSE THAN BEFORE.
STILL CHERYL DID NOT WANT TO GO
+@
STILL CHERYL DID NOT WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
THIS TIME HER FRIEN+@D INSISTED
SHE CALLED 911 AND FIRST
RESPONDERS ARRIVED.
RESPONDERS ARRIVED. >> W+@E ARE CHECKING HER OU+@T
EVERYTHING IS NORMAL, THE BLOOD
PRESSURE IS NORMAL.
>> Reporter: CHERYL WAS ALL TO
NORMAL IN ANOTHER +@WAY.
>> I THINK BY NATURE WOMEN ARE
MO+@RE THE CAREGIVERS +@MAN THE
RECEIVERS.
RECEIVERS. >> Reporter: A BIG STUDY
RECENTLY REVEALED THAT JUST
WHEN EVERY SECOND MATTERS,
WOMEN EXPERIENCING HEART ATTACK
SYMPTOMS WAIT AN AVERAGE OF 37
MINUTES LONGER THAN MEN TO CALL
FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.
CHERYL EVEN RESISTED AFTER HELP
ARRIVED.
ARRIVED.
ARRIVED. >> I AM SUPERWOMAN, I DO NOT
NEED YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR COMING.
FOR COMING. >> Reporter: A MEDIC NAMED
JASON GREGORY WAS PERSISTENT.
>> LUCKILY SHE AGREED TO GO.
>> Reporter: THE SHERIFF AS
TIME RAN OUT.
>> WE WERE ABOUT TWO BLOCKS
BEFORE THE HOSPITAL.
>> Reporter: FOR THE NEXT 45
MINUTES SHE WAS KEPT ALIVE BY
MACHINES.
MACHINES.
MACHINES. DOCTORS WORKED TO CLEAR UP
BLOCKED ARTERIES.
BLOCKED ARTERIES. >> SHE WAS REALLY CLOSE TO
BEING TOO LATE TO AND HELPED.
>> THE LONGER THAT IT IS
DELAYED, IF THERE IS AN EVENT
GOING +@ON, THAT HEART TISSUE I
DYING AND THE FUNCTION OF THE
HEART WILL BE CHA+@NGED.
>> Reporter: THIS DOCTOR
STRES+@SES THAT HEART ATTACKS A
NOT PRIMARILY A MAN THING.
>> THAT IS A REALLY COMMON
MISCONCEPTION.
MISCONCEPTION. GENERALLY WOMEN ARE IE O
DEVELOP HER DISAEALITE
DEVELOP HER DISAEALITE+@ BIT LATER IN LIFE THAN MEN.
HOWEVER IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN,
THE DISEAS+@E IS THE NUMBER ONE
KILLER.
KILLER.
KILLER. >> Reporter: WOMAN'S SYMPTOMS
CAN BE DI+@FFERENT. +@
>> THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE
PAIN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
CHEST, PAIN TH+@AT IS IN THE
BILATERAL ARMS, PAI+@N IN THE +@
BACK, NECK, UPPER ABDOMINAL
PAIN.
PAIN.
PAIN. THAT IS EXTREMELY COMMON.
>> HIGH.
>> HIGH.
>> HIGH. >> Reporter: WITH A HEART FULL
OF GRATITUDE.
OF GRATITUDE. >> THANK +@YOU SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: CHERYL GOT TO MEET
THE PEOPLE WHO SAVED HER.
>> HELLO.
>> HELLO.
>> HELLO. +@
>> HELLO. +@>> Reporter: SIX MONTHS AFTER
SHE DIED, THE 60-YEAR-OLD HAS
NO PURPOSE IN LIFE.
>> THIS HELPED ME TO FIND MY
BOYS.
BOYS.
BOYS. ♪
BOYS. ♪ SHE IS TELLING WOMEN TO PAY
ATTENTION TO THEIR HEARTS AND
TO STOP HESITATING TO STICK
HELP. +@
HELP. +@
HELP. +@ >> WE IGNORE THE SYMPTOMS.
I FOUND OUT I HAVE HAD PREVIOUS
HEART ATTACKS.
HEART ATTACKS. DO NOT IGNORE IT.
DO NOT BE THE SILENT HERO.
IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU.
I AM A DENIAL PERSON.
IT HAPPENS TO ME.
BACK IN DALLAS, BACK TO YOU.
>> YOU KNOW, IT REALLY HELPS TO
HAVE SOMEONE, SOMEBODY YOU LOVE
TO PUT THEIR FOOT DOWN AND SAY
NO, LOOK, +@YOU ARE GOING TO TH
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. >> WHAT I HEAR IS I KNOW MYSELF
AND MANY OTHER WOMEN, WE PUT
EVERYBODY ELSE'S NEEDS BEFORE
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