Lincoln woman watches herself having stroke live on Zoom call

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A Lincoln woman watched herself suffer a stroke live on a zoom call just a few weeks ago and nobody noticed what was happening. Now she’s sharing her story, hoping it will help keep others safe.

Ann Tillery has been an advocate for the Alzheimer’s Association for years, she was on a Zoom conference call with Congressman Jeff Fortenberry’s office sharing her story when in a split second her entire life was changed. “I was sharing my caregiving story about my mother having Alzheimer’s, and it felt as though I was starting to get emotional even though I’ve told this story hundreds of times,” Tillery said. “Then my speech started to slur, I could see on my screen that my face was drooping.”

Tillery said she knew exactly what was happening but nobody else in the meeting could tell.

“So I wrapped up my ask as quickly as possible, probably ended it quite abruptly,” Tillery said. “Once that was done it was time to take a picture and that was a photo captured while I was actively having a stroke. Then I called 911.”

That was May 18.

Tillery was taken by ambulance to Bryan West hospital where she was admitted to the ICU for a few days before transferring to in-patient rehab to start her recovery.

“I had no use of my left side,” Tillery said. “Starting with chewing, I couldn’t swallow, all of the muscles down to this arm which was just dead and my leg which was dead weight.”

She said her therapists, who got her up and moving right away, are the reason she’s been able to be back on her feet, gaining independence every day.

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