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Christina Alfonzo and her family are searching for a bystander who helped save her life last Wednesday.
Christina, a 28-year-old medical student at the Ottawa Heart Institute, suffered a life-threatening stroke on her walk home from the Civic campus around 5 p.m.
She experienced severe neck pain, dizziness, impaired vision, arm pain and a numb lip; she knew she was having a stroke.
Minutes away from passing out, Christina recognized her symptoms and began to wave for help at passing cars somewhere around Winding Lane, near the experimental farm.
In her time of need, a Good Samaritan, driving a small, black car came to her rescue. He stopped, quickly assessed the situation and drove her back to the hospital where she was rushed into surgery.
“All she remembers is the man asking if she was a diabetic and apologizing for the traffic,” said Pedro Alfonzo, Christina’s brother.
Christina couldn’t see very well by time the bystander got to her, but she describes the man who helped save her life as “someone around her age, perhaps in their late 20s,” according to Pedro.
The man left the hospital once medical staff took Christina into their care. No one took down his name. Now, Christina and her family want to find him to say thank you.
“I really want them to understand the impact he had on us and her,” Pedro said. “His actions saved my little sister.”
Christina had only started her placement at the heart institute two days before she suffered the stroke caused by a blood clot in her brain, Pedro said.
“This was completely out of the blue,” he said. “The doctors don’t really know the root cause.”
Christina’s family, from Oakville, Ont., travelled to be by her bedside in Ottawa last Wednesday.
Her husband, Manuel Ledzma, just got to Ottawa on the weekend. He had to fly all the way from Australia, where the couple had been living while Christina attended medical school at Queensland University.
Doctors say Christina is expected to make a full recovery and credit her positive prognosis with her quick self-diagnosis, the Good Samaritan’s assistance and doctors’ quick action at the Civic, said Pedro.
Christina has been moved out of the ICU into Neuroscience Acute Care Unit, which is expected to discharge her in the next day or two.
“We should have her in Oakville within a week so we can all take care of her there,” said Pedro.
If you have any information to help connect Christina with her first responder, you can contact the Citizen at copydesk@ottawacitizen.com.
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Christina, a 28-year-old medical student at the Ottawa Heart Institute, suffered a life-threatening stroke on her walk home from the Civic campus around 5 p.m.
She experienced severe neck pain, dizziness, impaired vision, arm pain and a numb lip; she knew she was having a stroke.
Minutes away from passing out, Christina recognized her symptoms and began to wave for help at passing cars somewhere around Winding Lane, near the experimental farm.
In her time of need, a Good Samaritan, driving a small, black car came to her rescue. He stopped, quickly assessed the situation and drove her back to the hospital where she was rushed into surgery.
“All she remembers is the man asking if she was a diabetic and apologizing for the traffic,” said Pedro Alfonzo, Christina’s brother.
Christina couldn’t see very well by time the bystander got to her, but she describes the man who helped save her life as “someone around her age, perhaps in their late 20s,” according to Pedro.
The man left the hospital once medical staff took Christina into their care. No one took down his name. Now, Christina and her family want to find him to say thank you.
“I really want them to understand the impact he had on us and her,” Pedro said. “His actions saved my little sister.”
Christina had only started her placement at the heart institute two days before she suffered the stroke caused by a blood clot in her brain, Pedro said.
“This was completely out of the blue,” he said. “The doctors don’t really know the root cause.”
Christina’s family, from Oakville, Ont., travelled to be by her bedside in Ottawa last Wednesday.
Her husband, Manuel Ledzma, just got to Ottawa on the weekend. He had to fly all the way from Australia, where the couple had been living while Christina attended medical school at Queensland University.
Doctors say Christina is expected to make a full recovery and credit her positive prognosis with her quick self-diagnosis, the Good Samaritan’s assistance and doctors’ quick action at the Civic, said Pedro.
Christina has been moved out of the ICU into Neuroscience Acute Care Unit, which is expected to discharge her in the next day or two.
“We should have her in Oakville within a week so we can all take care of her there,” said Pedro.
If you have any information to help connect Christina with her first responder, you can contact the Citizen at copydesk@ottawacitizen.com.
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