Hailey Bieber celebrates year since she survived ‘life-changing’ mini-stroke

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Hailey Bieber is celebrating a year since she survived her “life-changing” mini-stroke. The model, 26, who is married to singer Justin Bieber, 29, was taken to hospital following stroke-like symptoms, and medical scans showed a small blood clot in her brain caused by a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA. ) It was later discovered she had a “grade 5 PFO,” meaning the blood clot travelled to her heart and she later underwent a procedure to close the PFO (Patent Foramen Ovale. ) Hailey said on her Instagram Stories on Friday (10.

03. 23) about how she wanted to spread all the news she could about her condition: “Can’t believe it’s been 1 year since I suffered a mini stroke that led to my PFO diagnosis. “Given that it’s the 1 year mark from such a life changing event, I wanted to share all the information I’ve learned about PFO and share resources to donate. ” The model then shared a series of facts about PFO, and stressed it is the world’s “most common congenital heart defect” and strikes a “passage way between the left and right atria of the heart”.

Hailey revealed earlier this year she had been fighting post-traumatic stress disorder since her mini-stroke. She said on the ‘Run-Through with Vogue’ podcast on January 5: “I struggled with a lot of anxiety after.

I struggled with a little bit of PTSD of just, like, the fear of maybe it was gonna happen again. “It was just a feeling that I was, like, I never want to experience that ever again.