I Broke My Own Ribs to Survive | Ep. 82
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I realize that I'm paralyzed down the midline. I know that my arm, my leg, my abdomen is completely dead. I can't sit up.
To compound the issue, Randy lived alone. If help was going to arrive, he would have to find a way to call for himself. Then he remembered where his phone was. Downstairs.
I'm in serious trouble.
What triggers Randy’s realization that he is having a stroke at 1:30 AM?
I am alone. And nobody's gonna hear me. And then the panic started to come and I could feel it.
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Welcome back to the Miracle Files. We have such a different but amazing story for you today. I know
we say that a lot, but we hear that from a lot of people. Like they never know like what to expect from these stories. We like to keep you guessing. And this is another one that we just were so surprised by. Yeah. We should also mention before we start that there are some graphic details in this story, but it's also one of those that it's one you're gonna be thinking about long after it's done.
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All right, well let's get into today's story. Let's do it. At one thirty in the morning, sixty three year old Randy woke up for no apparent reason. He blinked his eyes open, only to see nothing.
and I turn to turn on my light 'cause it's pitch black in my room. I keep a pristine sleep environment. Everything's blacked out.
How does Randy’s nursing background help him identify the stroke symptoms?
There's no electronics in the room. I reach up to turn on the light and I can't feel the light at all.
In the dark, a sickening sensation washed over Randy. His hand wasn't where his brain thought it should be. Randy reached across with his left hand and touched his right arm. His right arm felt cold. Dead.
It was like a piece of sausage. It was the grossest sensation I've ever felt in my life. My entire mind recoiled.
At first, Randy wondered if his arm had simply fallen asleep, but when he tried to move his leg, he found it just as lifeless. Something was very wrong.
I realize that I'm paralyzed down the midline. I don't know if my face works. I don't know if I can speak. I know that my arm, my leg, my abdomen, everything on the right side of me except the shoulder is completely dead.
Randy had spent decades working as a nurse. While part of him wanted to search for a different explanation, another part of him already knew what was happening.
And I know the symptoms of a stroke and I thought within seconds that this may be happening and I tried to will my arm to move and it would not move. I mean every fiber of my being went into trying to make my arm move and it was completely dead. And I reached over and touched it again and I realized you're having a stroke.
The dim glow in the dark hands on Randy's watch revealed it was 1:30 AM. He'd gone to bed at eleven thirty PM.
And because I'm a nurse and I've treated stroke patients, I know that there's a critical time factor involved. You have roughly four, four and a half hours maybe to get to a hospital and get uh a TPA, which is the clot busting miracle drug that saves stroke victims.
If the stroke had happened while he was asleep, then as much as two hours of the treatment window had already disappeared before he'd even opened his eyes. And to compound the issue, Randy lived alone. No one was going to wake up and find him. No one was coming to check on him. If help was going to arrive, he would have to find a way to call for himself. Then he remembered where his phone was, and
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:32
2
What triggers Randy’s realization that he is having a stroke at 1:30 AM?
0:32–2:24
3
How does Randy’s nursing background help him identify the stroke symptoms?
2:24–5:30
4
Why is the four‑hour treatment window critical for stroke survivors?
5:30–9:45
5
How does Randy crawl across the floor using only his left hand’s fingertips?
9:45–18:29
6
What obstacles does Randy face while trying to reach the phone and call 911?
18:29–28:04
7
How did the timing of the clot‑busting medication save Randy’s life?
28:04–31:17