Physicians had previously misdiagnosed Ms. Yepes’ condition as stress. “I think it was just to show somebody, because I knew it was not stress-related,” she said in a CBC interview. “And I thought if I could show somebody what was happening, they would have a better understanding.”
Ms. Yepes’ self-recorded video was a first for physicians at Toronto Western Hospital. “In all my years treating stroke patients, we’ve never seen anyone tape themselves before,” said Cheryl Jaigobin, MD, a neurologist at the hospital, in the report. “Her symptoms were compelling, and the fact she stopped and found a way to portray them in such a visual fashion, we were all touched by it.”
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