Advocate makes coronary heart well being her mission after mom dies

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Her mother died of a coronary heart assault and now one Ohio lady is sending out a warning. 

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What You Want To Know

• Margaret Martin’s mom had a coronary heart assault whereas preaching and died a short while later


• Weeks earlier than it occurred, Martin seen her mother began having chest pains


• Martin has been an advocate and fundraiser for the American Coronary heart Affiliation ever since

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Each step Margaret Martin takes on the path simply exterior of Atrium Hospital in Middletown is a reminder of what occurred to her mom.

Her mother was a former pastor at a small church in Dayton.

Martin says throughout one service, she knew one thing was improper together with her mother. 

“I stated ‘Mother, why do you retain rubbing your breast?’,” stated Martin. “She stated ‘Oh it ain’t nothing, it ain’t nothing’ … on a regular basis this was occurring, she was dismissing the ache.” 

Just a few weeks later, that chest ache received worse. 

“She went to evangelise at one other church, a visiting church, and all of the sudden fell sick within the pulpit,” stated Martin.

Martin’s mom had a coronary heart assault and delivered her final phrases to her daughter from a hospital mattress.

“I put my ear all the way down to what she was attempting to say, I stated ‘Mama are you in ache?’,” stated Martin. “She stated ‘You’re to care for everybody’.”  

These phrases that turned her mission.

Over the three a long time since her mom died, she’s been warning folks in regards to the indicators. 

“Now we have to care for our physique, we now have to hear. I imply, I am not saying each little minor factor we now have to run to the physician, however that was main to me,” stated Martin.

She has been elevating cash for the American Coronary heart Affiliation, together with throughout its annual fundraising stroll across the hospital.  

Yearly, she takes these steps for her mother so another person received’t should. 

“Someone else’s household, they will save their mom or father from a tragedy,” stated Martin.

Advocates and households not too long ago completed the annual Coronary heart Stroll for Butler/Warren counties. 

They’ve raised near $30,000 this 12 months for the American Heart Association.