Linda's Story

The night before her stroke, Linda felt perfectly fine. She attended a line dancing class and grabbed dinner afterwards. There were no warning signs, no pain and no reason to think anything was wrong. At dinner, they even talked with an ambulance crew that would help save her life less than 24 hours later.

By the next morning, around 7:30 a.m., everything changed. Linda collapsed in the bathroom without warning. When her husband found her, she couldn’t talk or walk. He immediately called 911. That fast decision set off a series of life-saving actions.

A race against time

Linda lives in a rural community where access to advanced medical care can sometimes feel far away. What her family didn’t realize was how close they were to the most advanced stroke care in northwest Missouri.

Mosaic is accredited by The Joint Commission as a Thrombectomy‑Capable Stroke Center and designated as a Level 2 Stroke Center, exactly where Linda was rushed to from her home in Maysville, Mo. 

Emergency room physician Patrick Brown, DO, quickly recognized that Linda was having a severe ischemic stroke caused by a blood clot blocking a major artery in her brain. Without waiting, he activated emergency stroke protocols and alerted the neurovascular team before Linda’s imaging was even completed to ensure not a second was wasted.

Advanced stroke care when seconds matter

The CT scan confirmed the diagnosis. Linda was rushed directly to the neurointerventional suite, where the team prepared for an emergency thrombectomy, a procedure to remove the clot from her brain. The procedure was led by interventional neurologist Abdallah Amireh, MD, and took just 45 minutes.

Less than two hours after collapsing, Linda woke up in the ICU. Over the next several hours, her speech began to return. Later that same day, she was walking without assistance. By the second day, her speech was clearer, and her fine motor skills were coming back. Within days, she was walking the hospital hallways on her own.

Linda went home just five days after her stroke and continued her recovery with therapy at home. While recovery has been tiring, each day brings improvement. Just one week later, she played bridge, got a haircut and went to lunch, all in one day. 

“Our accreditation as a Thrombectomy‑Capable Stroke Center reflects the high standards, specialized teams and rapid response systems in place here. In Linda’s case, that readiness made it possible to intervene quickly and prevent further brain injury,” says Dr. Amireh.

Stroke care that saves lives

Linda’s story is proof that where you live doesn’t have to limit life‑saving care. When seconds mattered, Mosaic delivered. Advanced stroke treatments like thrombectomy are available right here at Mosaic Life Care.

Dave's Story

After an ischemic stroke, Dave Hausman was rushed to Mosaic Life Care, where our Interventional Neurology team performed a lifesaving thrombectomy. Before the thrombectomy, Dave’s favorite shirt had to be cut off. At a follow-up appointment, he gifted Dr. Amireh an identical one as a heartfelt “thank you” – a reminder of the personal connections that make Mosaic Life Care special.