Dad-To-Be Unexpectedly Collapses in Shower Due to Apparent Heart Infection from Common Cold

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Jake Anderson had a cold — but nothing about it seemed unusual until the 25-year-old newlywed collapsed in the shower at home in St. Charles, Missouri one evening.

Anderson, who was looking forward to becoming a dad in July, had been congested and coughing for only “a couple of days” when he lost consciousness on Dec. 30, his wife Paige Kennedy-Andersontold local outlet KMOV.After she saw his eyes roll back in his head,according to the family’s GoFundMe page, she immediately began attempting CPR on him.

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EMTs arrived and treated Anderson for 40 minutes in the couple’s apartment, the GoFundMe page explains. His heart began beating again in the ambulance on the way to St. Joseph Hospital.

Anderson’s treatment team elected to medically induce a coma “to protect his brain and his organs,” Kennedy-Anderson explained to KMOV.

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According to KMOV, doctors expect Anderson’s brain to fully recover.

“I feel very uncertain,” Kennedy-Anderson said in a GoFundMe statement. “But I know I am strong and Jake is too.”

source: people.com