Courtesy of Tyarra Kelly
Courtesy of UPMC
Dr. Alisse Hauspurg is assistant professor at the Pitt School of Medicine and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
Courtesy of Tyarra Kelly
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Lying on a stretcher in the back of an ambulance was when the severity of the moment hit Tyarra Kelly.
It was 3 a.m.
Her blood pressure was high.
The new mom hadn’t been feeling well five days after her son Tristan’s birth seven months ago.
“I was having trouble sleeping. So, being a health care worker, I decided to take my blood pressure,” the Monroeville resident said. “It was high for me so I decided to go UPMC East, which was close by. The doctor told me I had high blood pressure and I needed to go to the hospital. I told him I would drive there, and he said, ‘no, you could have a seizure. I am calling an ambulance.’ Being in that ambulance was terrifying.”