Julie Chin, a news anchor for a local news broadcaster in Oklahoma, made global headlines after suffering from “the beginnings of a stroke” live on air.
Julie has since shared her story on what happened with ‘Channel 2 News’, which is the show she reports for.
She says: “I could only see half the words on the promoter and I thought my contact [lens] is not in my eye right”
During an advertisement break, Julie would get up and go and fix what she thought was the problem, adjusting her contact lens.
“It still looked funny, but `I thought I can do this.’
After this, her arm and hand would become numb, even then Julie was persistent that she could continue, saying she is not a “quitter” and that she just needed to “focus harder”.
Julie tried to reach out to her husband to express concerns via text, but as you can see below she struggled typing the right words.
She returned to the news desk for the end of the break and this is where others became aware of Julie’s health concerns. She says: “I started to read, and the words would not come out of my mouth”
“They were right in front of me [the words] I knew what I was reading and the words just weren’t coming.”
Julie managed to pass over to meteorologist Anne Brown, who would go on to call 911.
Anne says: “we needed to get off air, we needed to make sure Julie was getting the attention and help that she needed.”
Since the health scare, Julie has returned to her usual self and has even made her return to TV.
On the doctors reports, Julie says: “The good news is everything came out great, they didn’t see anything that was major or really scary to them.
“The bad news about that is we don’t know why it happened and if it could happen again.”
As previously reported in SR Times Julie first shared an update on Facebook, on this Anne says: “Only Julie could be so transparent with people what she was going though, and I know her message is going to save so many lives.
“I hope people take it in and understand this could happen to anybody.”
Finally Julie says: “I’m not going to let it stop me doing anything, but maybe I’ll let it slow me down just a little bit.”
You can watch Julie’s interview with Channel 2 News here.
