News presenter shares text sent to husband while suffering beginning of stroke
A news presenter who suffered the beginning of a stroke live on air has spoken out about the incident, saying doctors think her brain "corrected itself" following the incident.
Chin, who works for NBC affiliate KJRH in Oklahoma in the US, was delivering a story about NASA's canceled launch on Saturday morning when she began struggling to speak leading colleagues to call emergency services.
During an interview on NBC's Today, Chin recalled the terrifying ordeal, sharing a text she sent to her husband that morning which showed just how serious her condition was.
It read: "I need help. Something is not Run today. My work won't work is working my help my [sic]."
Watch the video above.
Chin began struggling to speak leading colleagues to call emergency services. NBC TODAY
She said after receiving the text her husband left their eight-year-old son with her father and met her at the hospital where she underwent several tests.
"The doctors right now, and we're doing more tests, but they think it was the beginning of a stroke," she explained. "They think it corrected itself mid-way, but didn't have a full stroke."
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This is the text Chin sent to her husband during her ordeal. TODAY US
She has been sent home and is undergoing further tests and seeing specialists to try and discover the cause.
Chin said there is no family history of strokes in her family and she was "feeling great" that morning."
"I felt good and that section everybody's seen me struggling with, I wrote that little section, I knew what I was trying to say like the back of my hand but obviously it wouldn't come out of my mouth."
Chin has been sent home and will undergo further testing and see a specialist. TODAY US
She said she "just couldn't put any words together" no matter how hard she tried.
Chin is warning others to be on the look out for signs of stroke, sharing the BE FAST acronym:
B: Sudden loss of balance
E: Sudden vision changes
F: Facial droop
A: One arm drifts downwards
S: Speech slurred/confused
T: Time and terrible headache
She ended the interview by telling viewers: "If you think you need help, if something's not right, ask for help."
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