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"I could not move, the words did not come out": the catheterization that saved Ricky's life Israel today

2020-12-03T14:29:49.780Z


| healthOne morning, Ricky woke up unable to move or talk • She was rushed to Hadassah Hospital, where she was diagnosed with a severe stroke • Two hours after the urgent catheterization, she had already talked to her doctors • "It is important to listen to the body and recognize the signs" Ricky with Dr. Cohen, who saved her life Photography:  Hadassah Spokeswoman Ricky Bitton, 42, a generally healt


One morning, Ricky woke up unable to move or talk • She was rushed to Hadassah Hospital, where she was diagnosed with a severe stroke • Two hours after the urgent catheterization, she had already talked to her doctors • "It is important to listen to the body and recognize the signs"

  • Ricky with Dr. Cohen, who saved her life

    Photography: 

    Hadassah Spokeswoman

Ricky Bitton, 42, a generally healthy woman, woke up one morning with severe paralysis, unable to get out of bed, move or even communicate.

She was rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where it was revealed that she was at the height of a severe stroke.

She entered the cerebral catheterization urgently.

Two hours after the catheterization that saved her life, Ricky had already talked to her doctors.

Prof. Jose Cohen, from the brain catheter that saved her life, said: "There was an amazing combination of arriving at the center on time, specializing in the treatment of brain events and of the fastest recovery."

Photo: Hadassah spokeswoman

Ricky said of that morning: "Something immediately felt wrong to me, and for the first few seconds I did not understand what was happening. I tried to move the arm, but it did not move. I really looked at it, I tried to give the command to move, but nothing. I tried to twist in bed, move the "The leg and nothing, I felt paralyzed on all sides of the body. I tried to speak and it also failed. I knew what I wanted to say, I was sharp and alert, but the words just did not come out."

After the catheterization, she recovered very quickly, which stunned the department doctors.

"We expect a patient after a catheterization, even if he is usually a healthy person with no background illness, to recover within eight hours, slowly. But Ricky stunned us. Two hours after the cerebral catheterization she was already chatting with all of us and shared with us everything she remembered from the incident." Told Prof. Cohen.

Prof. Cohen explained that Ricky was brought to the hospital in the quickest time frame, which helped save her: "The main artery that carries blood to Ricky's brain was blocked by a blood clot and could not supply blood to the left side of the brain, and the body immediately signaled her inability to speak. "Or move the arms and legs. In the emergency catheterization, we opened the artery and it began to flow blood to the left half of the brain."

"I urge people again and again - people of all ages, take care of yourselves," Prof. Cohen stressed.

Ricky concludes with a smile: "My message to everyone is that it is important to listen to the body, recognize signs and of course get medical treatment only from someone who specializes in your condition. A stroke has real signs and because I knew them I soon recognized what was happening to me."

Source: israelhayom

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