Boyfriend Urges Hospital Visit, Saving Her from Oncoming Stroke–and Took Her to Prom Days Later

Boyfriend Urges Hospital Visit, Saving Her from Oncoming Stroke–and Took Her to Prom Days Later

Boyfriend Urges Hospital Visit, Saving Her from Oncoming Stroke–and Took Her to Prom Days Later Katie Rangel at prom, just weeks after suffering a stroke – credit, family photo, released In northeast Texas, a teen survived an “incredibly rare” stroke to be walked to prom two weeks later by the man who insisted she go to the hospital. Name an 18-year-old softball player who could have interpreted fatigue, a numb leg, and dizziness as an impending stroke. Katie Rangel was with her boyfriend at the time, and while his worries didn’t extend that far, he firmly suggested that she go to the hospital. “He was just saying, ‘Should I call 911?'” Rangel told CBS News. “I just remember going into the ambulance and then I think I just kind of blacked out.” Inside that ambulance, paramedics treated Rangel for a seizure before arriving at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, in Grapevine. There, physicians concluded that the teen was suffering from a stroke. It turned out that Rangel had a hole in…