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<\/p>\nJan. 24 started just like any other Monday \u2014 the first day of the work week for Shelly Evans. She finished talking to her co-worker, walked back to her station, sat down at her desk and picked up her phone.<\/p>\n
Suddenly, Evans developed blurry vision.<\/p>\n
Her next memory of that day: her co-workers calling out \u201cShelly, are you OK?\u201d and \u201cSomeone call 911 now!\u201d She recalls answering questions and feeling confused.<\/p>\n
Due to the nature of her stroke, Evans was unaware of the significant weakness on the entire left side of her body. It wasn\u2019t until later, when EMS personnel examined her, that she noticed something was wrong<\/p>\n
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Evans was rushed to the emergency department of MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, where she was evaluated within minutes by Jacob Marganski, MD, emergency medicine specialist, thanks to EMS alerting the hospital en route that she was a potential stroke patient.<\/p>\n
Her imaging study showed that an artery supplying much of the right side of her brain was blocked.<\/p>\n
Because Evans got to a hospital so quickly after her symptoms started, she was able to receive a tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), commonly known as the \u201cclot buster.\u201d She was then brought into the interventional radiology suite to undergo emergent mechanical clot retrieval by interventional neuro-radiologist Dennis Wang, MD.<\/p>\n
Within four minutes of getting Evans to the interventional radiology suite, the clot that was causing the stroke was successfully removed.<\/p>\n
Shortly after the procedure, Evans began to feel stronger in her left arm and leg. She was transferred to the intensive care unit and cared for overnight.<\/p>\n
The next day, Evans worked with physical therapy and was told she was doing great. She had recovered so well that she wouldn\u2019t need outpatient physical therapy.<\/p>\n
By the time of her discharge, Evans thought she was about 80 percent back to normal, and today is close to her pre-stroke self.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m thankful to everyone who cared for me,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Evans is already back to working part-time, but what makes her most happy is to be back with her family.<\/p>\n
Jan. 24 started just like any other Monday \u2014 the first day of the work week for Shelly Evans. She finished talking to her co-worker, walked back to her station, sat down at her desk and picked up her phone. Suddenly, Evans developed blurry vision. Her next memory of that day: her co-workers calling out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":595,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-profiles-stories","category-stroke-neuro"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n