many people that are grateful to be back, but the ones that aren t, are like indignant about what they want and what they deserve. the solution, experts say, is an exercise in empathy. expect that you re going to have some waves. reporter: there s no reap to make someone cry because their burger took longer than they thought it should. just relax. can you remember what it was last year. try to show a little empathy. because tipping with gratitude is always free. stephanie ruhle, nbc news. back here in tokyo, just hours from now team usa track star kenny harrison will race for gold in the 100-meter hurdles, but as blayne alexander explains, kenny s path here to tokyo hasn t been easy. reporter: long before kenny harrison ever set foot on the track, she faced more than her share of hurdles. born two months premature she suffered from a heart murmur and as a baby was adopted, nestled right in the middle of 11 siblings.
Tallahassee 3-year-old recovers from life-threatening heart defect
For Heart Health Awareness Month, ABC 27 is introducing you to a local girl who beat the odds.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Each year, more than 40,000 babies are born with a congenital heart defect, making it the leading cause of death for infants.
For Heart Health Awareness Month, ABC 27 is introducing you to a local girl who beat the odds.
Halie Pullen describes the moment she found out her baby, Emerson, had a heart defect. It was scary,â said Pullen. Although she was perfect and looked beautiful, there was a small hole in her heart.
world. she s the greatest athlete her and michael phelps you can make an argument. dana: we wanted to show you something special. it s been a week. okay. dana: since spike left us. you were there for the graduation. met a lot of people. we got an update finally. we ve been waiting for this for a week. he s been spotted. we have some video. watch. getting the ones over. he s at the vet. no heart murmur. that s good. he s all set to go. we passed that physical test. tell me about that. the little one, mark. mark, i was nervous. i was standing there. i kind of stand out. a lot of activity. i was a little lost. mark made his way all the way across the arena to check to see if i was doing all right. dana: like ten years old.
first to see symptoms of a seizure. but once someone is diagnosed and has a seizure like this the concern with sudep is right after the seizure the brain is affected in such a way the person may develop apnea, again stop breathing or this heart murmur that can be fatal. and can medication control that? yeah, when it comes to this sudep itself is so particularly rare, 1 in 1,000 people, they try to figure out who are these 1 in a 1,000 people. and what they have found are that people who haven t taken medication are more likely to develop sudep. but that s not always the case. there people who have done everything right, taken their medications as prescribed, have had good control of epilepsy over their entire life and still they develop it, which makes this so scary. thank you very much for explaining all of that to us