Covering Your Health: Lafayette stroke survivor shares her life-saving story

June is Brain Awareness Month, and a local stroke survivor’s story highlights the critical importance of timely medical intervention. Desiree Breaux, a stroke survivor, shared her experience at Ochsner Lafayette General’s Certified Primary Stroke Center. “The only thing I remember about actually being outside was that I kept trying to get up and I couldn’t, so I just kept flailing my arm,” Breaux said. Breaux, an ICU nurse at the time of her stroke last June, vividly recalls the moment she was found by paramedics…

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