An Oklahoma woman recently opened up about how her Apple Watch saved her life two years ago after it first detected a heart issue she thought was nothing.
Judith Luebke was alerted by her watch one Thursday evening in January 2021 that she was in A-fib, or atrial fibrillation, a condition caused by extremely fast and irregular beats from the upper chamber of the heart.
Luebke didn’t think much of it because she had an abnormal heart rate dating back to then and believed her current situation could be related to the stress caused by the recent loss of her spouse.
As she was getting ready for her remote job the next day, Luebke thought about seeing a doctor but considered she was busy that day and could hold it off until the next week.
”I talked to my boss that morning.. and said, ‘you know, I’ve got a meeting this morning. Maybe I’ll see the doctor after that, maybe I will, maybe I won’t — maybe I’ll wait the weekend’,” Luebke told KSWO.
Her boss didn’t let her get away with that thought, urging her to see a doctor right away,
“She said ‘you need to go now’,” a demand that ended up saving her as she learned…
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