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Heather Dubrow, 54, is simply a life-saver according to her husband, Terry Dubrow, 64! The Real Housewives of Orange County stars confirmed to TMZ on Aug. 9 that the famed integrative surgeon suffered a mini-stroke conscionable 1 week prior. Terry was retired to meal astatine The Ivy successful Los Angeles with his woman and their son, Nicholas, 19, astatine the clip of the incident. After the 64-year-old slurred his code for “less than a minute,” Heather insisted that their lad telephone 911 immediately.
After the paramedics arrived astatine the restaurant, which reportedly upset Terry arsenic helium felt “fine,” his vitals appeared to beryllium normal. The Botched star‘s woman was not convinced and encouraged Terry to caput to the doctor’s to corroborate that helium was so okay. Tests done astatine a adjacent infirmary confirmed that Terry had suffered from a transient ischemic onslaught (TIA). A TIA is “a changeable that lasts lone a fewer minutes. It occurs erstwhile the humor proviso to portion of the encephalon is concisely interrupted,” according to the authoritative NIH website.
Additionally, the doctors discovered that Terry had a patent foramen ovale (PFO), which is simply a spread successful the heart. The arrogant father-of-four was informed that, “a humor clot passed done the PFO, traveled to his encephalon and caused the TIA,” per E! News. Now, Terry is “fully recovered” and opened up astir the acquisition during a candid speech with E! News connected Aug. 9. “I learned galore things from this terrifying experience,” helium told the outlet.
Heather Dubrow’s husband, Terry, suffered a mini-stroke successful aboriginal Aug. 2023. (Gregory Pace/Shutterstock)
“One: If you oregon anyone astir you shows imaginable signs of a changeable clip is critical, you person 5 hours to get to a infirmary to prevention your life. Two: If you person traveled recently, marque definite you determination often to support humor flowing to forestall clots,” Terry continued. “Three: PFO is much communal (20-30%) than radical recognize and TIAs and strokes tin hap successful anyone astatine immoderate age.” Heather’s hubby of nearly 25 years went connected to convey her for redeeming his life.
“Listen to your partner. If they are acrophobic astir thing don’t argue, don’t disregard and get it checked retired close away. What they spot whitethorn beryllium precise antithetic than what you perceive,” helium told the online mag. “Be grateful for those who emotion you. I emotion my wife, convey deity for Heather and her persistence and insistence. She genuinely saved my life.” The brunette beauty, who presently stars connected Season 17 of RHOC, took to Instagram hours aboriginal to share a photo with Terry and echoed his aforesaid sentiment successful the caption.
“I emotion this antheral with my full heart. I’m beyond grateful that Terry’s ok, this could person gone precise differently. If you spot idiosyncratic having changeable similar symptoms- get them to the Hospital. You person 5 hours to get them treatment,” she wrote successful the caption. “I wanted to accidental a HUGE convey you to the doctors, nurses and techs astatine Hoag Hospital and everyone progressive who helped america during this precise scary time. Thank you for your benignant messages, Terry and I are overwhelmed by your emotion and support.”
Many of their friends and co-stars of the Bravo bid took to the comments to nonstop good wishes to the couple. “So blessed Terrys good truthful scary !”, Tamra Judge penned, while Gina Kirschenheiter added, “Love you guys! So blessed he’s ok!” Gretchen Rossi, who starred connected the bid years agone besides chimed successful to nonstop Terry a saccharine note. “Omg babe, truthful scary,” she penned, on with supplication manus emojis. Additionally, Taylor Armstrong added, “So gladsome to perceive he’s okay. He’s precise fortunate to person you by his side.”
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