'She almost died three times.'
A Bay Area woman's display of determination is being celebrated and raising awareness for cardiovascular disease.A Bay Area woman's display of determination is being celebrated and raising awareness for cardiovascular disease.The 55-year-old San Mateo resident has come a long way from where she was just a couple of years ago when she was in the emergency room at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame. "They did a CTA on me and discovered I had an aortic dissection.
Both her legs were also amputated. "My husband, and my sister and brother were there saying who's going to tell her, Larry's like I don't want to tell her, and Dr. Baumann said 'I'll tell her.'" She worked to build strength in preparation for her prosthetics and another chance at painting her toes and wearing heels.