BOSTON MARATHON WITH HIM IN MIND. HEY, GUYS. HEY. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOUR PATIENTS TODAY? WHEN MARK WENT TO WORK AT CONCORD HOSPITAL ON OCTOBER 4TH, 2023, IT STARTED AS A NORMAL DAY. MY WIFE AND I MET. WE WERE GOING TO GET A COFFEE OR SOMETHING IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT WHEN MARK WAS STANDING IN THIS EXACT SPOT WITH HIS WIFE, WHO ALSO WORKS AT THE HOSPITAL, SHE NOTICED SOMETHING ALARMING. ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE SAID, I HAD A FACIAL DROOP AND MY SPEECH WENT ALL GARBLED. MARK SAYS HIS WIFE GRABBED HIS ARM AND MADE HIM GO DOWN THE HALL TO THE E.R. HE WAS HAVING A STROKE. IT JUST DIDN’T FEEL REAL. LIKE IT COULDN’T BE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, FIVE MINUTES AGO, I WAS OKAY. NOW I’M HAVING A STROKE. I’M. I SEE PEOPLE WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, DEVASTATING STROKES WHO, YOU KNOW, LOSE THE ABILITY TO TO WALK OR MOVE OR TALK AND I COULDN’T BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING WITH CONCORD HOSPITAL BEING THE CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY THAT IT IS. IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR KEVIN O’CONNOR, WHO WORKS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THINGS, TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. I WAS GLAD ULTIMATELY TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND GOT GREAT CARE AND TIMELY TREATMENT, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. KEVIN KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING ACTION ALL TOO WELL. HIS FATHER IN LAW HAD A HEART ATTACK AND HIS MOTHER HAD NINE STROKES OVER THE COURSE OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS A SINGLE CHILD AND SHE ALWAYS SAID, I’M A SURVIVOR. I JUST HAD THAT SENSE OF PERSEVERANCE. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS RESONATED FOR ME. AND THAT WAS PRETTY POWERFUL TO TO SEE MODELED. SO NOW, IN HONOR OF THOSE HE’S LOST, AND AS A TESTAMENT TO HIS FRIENDS LIKE MARK, WHO HAVE SURVIVED, HE’S RUNNING THE BOSTON MARATHON FOR TEDDY’S TEAM. THERE’S A 13 YEAR OLD WHO, THROUGH TEDDY’S TEAM, WE’VE BEEN SUPPORTING NAMED AMELIA. SHE’S HAD THREE STROKES. TEDDY’S TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF HER EFFORTS AND HER RECOVERY, PROVIDING A WALK THROUGH PHYSICAL THERAPY. I WENT DOWN TO A DINNER WITH TEDDY’S TEAM, WHERE WE MET TEDDY AND OTHER RUNNERS AND OTHER STROKE SURVIVORS, AND IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY. IT WAS PRETTY POWERFUL HEARING PEOPLE TELL THEIR STORIES. MARK HAS SINCE HAD SURGERY TO ADDRESS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, AND WILL BE ON BLOOD THINNERS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. THE HALLWAY WHERE HE HAD HIS STROKE RIGHT NEAR RADIOLOGY IS TAKING ON NEW MEANING NOW. WHEN YOU WALK BY HERE, DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT? EVERY TIME I DO? I DO. I CAN’T NOT THINK ABOUT IT. MOST PEOPLE PASS RIGHT THROUGH IT. BUT FOR MARK, IT’S A REMINDER OF THAT DAY. HIS WIFE AND HIS COWORKERS SAVED