Robert McFarland was finishing breakfast when the right side of his body froze. “My right hand was numb. I couldn’t raise it. I couldn’t talk.” The next moments were a blur. Paramedics. University Hospital. The clot-busting drug TPA, given an hour and 47 minutes after his stroke. Robert benefited from the team approach University Hospital uses to treat stroke. An angiogram indicated his carotid artery was closed off, and quick action by Dr. Mario Zuccarello and Dr. David White kept him alive.
Though he arrived completely paralyzed, Four days later he was walking, talking, and giving his doctor a hug. When it comes to the power of teamwork, Robert is living proof.
