ALLEN, Texas — Texas hospitals have a strong reputation when it comes to stroke care, and that’s why a lawmaker from Kenya made the long trip to the Lone Star State when he was up against his own life-threatening medical emergency.
“One morning I woke up…and I said what is wrong?” said Abraham Kirwa, a member of the Kenyan Parliament.
Last fall, Kirwa was getting ready for a radio interview in his country when his vision began to blur, one side of his body began to get numb and he found he couldn’t even keep water down. He said it was a struggle at first to get nearby doctors to look deeper into what was happening, but when they did, it was discovered Kirwa was in bad shape…