Radio host makes airwaves with stroke – and complete recovery
Today, Marisol Vargas is the mother of a vivacious 2½-year-old. But in 2019, she ended up permanently on a daily baby aspirin regimen after suffering a stroke that brought her to from one medical center to Hackensack University Medical Center by helicopter. Her carotid artery was completely blocked, which can lead to potentially devastating stroke even in young patient.
There, she had a special brain scan from Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute neurosurgeon Reza Karimi, M.D., who was then able to treat her through non-invasive means. After a week in the hospital under his care, she made a complete recovery – and was able to later become mother to daughter Isabella.
But the Sirius XM radio host and Telemundo personality has advice for others who also may initially dismiss symptoms like headaches and blurry vision.
“I tell everyone to listen to your body, which I didn’t do … Your body is telling you to slow down or get checked out,” she said. “(This whole experience) makes me not want to waste my time.”
Read more about Marisol Vargas’s stroke and recovery from the original article at Hackensack Meridian Health’s HealthyU magazine.
