Pro tennis player Jessica Pegula has revealed that her mother, Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres co-owner and president Kim Pegula, went into cardiac arrest in June and is still recovering while dealing with significant language and memory issues.
In an essay that The Players바카라 Tribune published on Tuesday, Jessica Pegula detailed for the first time the medical crisis that abruptly removed her mother from the public eye and suggested that her mother may not resume the same level of involvement in the family바카라s sports franchises.
Kim Pegula, she wrote, went into cardiac arrest while sleeping and received lifesaving CPR from another daughter until paramedics arrived and restored her heartbeat. The family previously said only that Kim Pegula was receiving medical care for 바카라some unexpected health issues바카라 that arose shortly after she celebrated her 53rd birthday.
바카라My mom is working hard in her recovery, she is improving, but where she ends up is still unknown,바카라 Jessica Pegula, 28, wrote.
She said she decided to write about her mother바카라s ordeal after Bills player Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the field during a Jan. 2 game in Cincinnati in what Pegula described as 바카라some bizarre, messed-up, full circle moment.바카라
바카라My stomach sunk because it felt like the exact same thing all over again. I was sitting on the bench for a tennis event in Sydney, Australia. I wanted to throw up,바카라 wrote Jessica Pegula, who is No. 4 in the WTA바카라s singles rankings. 바카라I was supposed to go on for mixed doubles in 15 minutes and I remember telling one of my teammates, `I am a little freaked out right now, this is too close to home, and I feel like I am going to have a panic attack.바카라바카라
As Hamlin began his recovery, Jessica Pegula joined in an outpouring of support from fans and the NFL and wore a white screen-printed patch with Hamlin바카라s uniform number while playing at the Australian Open. 바카라It didn바카라t feel like it was just for him, it felt like it was for my mom as well,바카라 she said.
Jessica Pegula had been home in Florida months earlier when she got a call from her sister, Kelly, around midnight on their mother바카라s birthday and learned that their mother was being rushed to the hospital.
바카라My mom was asleep when my dad woke up to her going into cardiac arrest and she was unresponsive for quite a while,바카라 she wrote. Kelly Pegula, who was staying with their parents, performed CPR 바카라 just three months after telling her family that she planned to become certified in the procedure for a job.
바카라I remember her telling us what she was doing in our family group chat,바카라 Jessica Pegula wrote, 바카라and my mom even responded, `Nice Kells! Now if we have a heart attack you can revive us.바카라바카라
Today, Kim Pegula 바카라can read, write, and understand pretty well, but she has trouble finding the words to respond,바카라 Jessica Pegula wrote. 바카라It is hard to deal with and it takes a lot of patience to communicate with her, but I thank God every day that we can still communicate with her at all. The doctors continue to be blown away by her recovery, considering where she started, and her determination is the driving force of that.바카라
As the first woman to serve as president of an NHL and NFL team at the same time, Kim Pegula 바카라lived it and loved it, and it was felt by everyone she met,바카라 Jessica Pegula wrote. 바카라Now we come to the realization that all of that is most likely gone. That she won바카라t be able to be that person anymore.바카라
