Patient Stories
Heart Attack Surprises Active, 42-Year-Old Mom
After an evening of volleyball and tucking the kids into bed, Jill Hayden, 42, woke her husband, Tom, and told him she thought she was having a heart attack. Jill collapsed in the lobby of the Hiawatha ER and Mercy staff performed CPR on her for three minutes. Had she arrived just a few minutes later, she might not have made it. Read her story.