In this episode, Dr. Toniya Farmer discussed her near-death experience as a SCAD Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest Survivor. She is a devoted wife, mother, granddaughter, and Doctor of Physical Therapy. She is also an advocate for CPR/AED certification.
Guest: Dr. Toniya Farmer
Last winter, 39-year-old Toniya Farmer, DPT, was in a race for her life — literally, speeding on her way in the car toward the nearest hospital while experiencing the kind of doomsday chest pain that surely signaled a heart attack.
On the phone with her was a 911 operator, who advised her at one point to pull over to the side of the road. But, as she recalled later, “I knew if I stopped driving, I would die. Jesus literally took the wheel.”
Heart Matters
Hosted by Dr. Naesha Parks, the Heart Matters Podcast delves into matters of the heart and recovery. Dr. Parks has had a number of spiritual encounters which have contributed to her strong faith, culminating with a medical incident just 9 days after childbirth that left her literally dead on the operating table. She was put in a coma to save her life and miraculously made a complete recovery. Now, she's taking the lessons from that event and from her book: The Heart Feels it First, to share other recovery stories and bring hope through the Heart Matters Podcast.