Cleveland woman shares story with heart disease, hopes to give inspiration to others that are fighting.
In June 2016, Gage was life-flighted to Cleveland Clinic after not being able to get out of bed one morning.After arriving at the emergency room, doctors told Gage she was diagnosed with Idiopathic heart failure.“Initially I was told I was gonna have to have a heart transplant,” Gage said.
Normal heart ejection fraction rates range from 55 percent to 70 percent. Gage’s ejection rate had dropped to 4 percent. “We just went forward, trusting that surgeons, and the doctors and the scientists, that my heart could be saved,” Gage said.These exercises included medication, changing her diet, and including a slow progressive exercise regimen into her schedule.“I will never be able to climb to the height of my favorite lighthouses, which I’m a lighthouse fan.”
“Never be able to do that anymore. But, I can do small things. That I would never be able, I thought I’d have to do.”After years of hard work, Gage can now say that her heart rate has significantly recovered.She continues to spread her message across the world, including right here where she was diagnosed, at the Cleveland Clinic.
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