Stroke Survivor Warns of Risks Linked to AFib
It was during breakfast at home when Jeanette Arakawa, 85, started exhibiting signs of stroke. She was trying to ask her husband Kiyo a question, but he heard only gibberish. Kiyo asked Jeanette to repeat...
Young Survivor Finds Purpose in Stroke
People think that only unhealthy people have strokes. That is so not true,” says stroke advocate and survivor Elizabeth Diaz. A fit runner, clean eater, and mother of two young children, Elizabeth was not a...
ER visit “just to be safe” confirms stroke emergency
It’s cold and dark at 4:30 in the morning. That’s how Brian Yee justified his hand fumbling when he locked the front door of his San Jose home. And the dull headache just meant that...
Pat Dando – SAF, Founding Member
Pat will always be remembered as a "fierce advocate" for whatever cause she believed in. This is one of many things that made Pat Dando such a unique and special person." -Chuck Toeniskoetter, Founding Member...
Healthy sheriff’s lieutenant knows stroke can happen to anyone
Shea Johnson was a rising star at the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office in 2014. At 40 years old, the lieutenant had nearly 20 years of service under her badge and she was aspiring to...
Fast action saves father of three from devastating outcome
Bruce Yale’s story of stroke survival reads like a fast-moving script into the future. One minute, he was kneeling in his living room watching family videos with his wife and teenage daughter. The next, he...
