Ripples Digital - Vol. 3 Iss. 7 May 2015 | Page 16

Senior’s
Info Pages
HOW KNOWING THE SIGNS OF STROKE
SAVED ONE WOMAN'S LIFE
to chat but, within
s e c o n d s ,
Blanche's voice
started to wobble.
Something
horrible was
happening. Her
w o r d s h a d
deteriorated into
garble.

(NC) Blanche
Gray loves to tell
everyone about
the commercial
that saved her
life.

It was January
2 0 1 5 a n d
Blanche turned
on the television
“Mom, what's the
to watch the
matter with you?”
evening news.
The commercial
r u n b e f o r e t h e b r o a d c a s t “I think I'm having a stroke.”
included an ad from the Heart
and Stroke Foundation about Lynn called 9-1-1 and the
the signs of stroke.
paramedics arrived quickly at
Blanche's house and took her to
The phone rang. It was her the hospital. She was diagnosed
daughter Lynn and they started
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