Tennessee College Student Suffers Pulmonary Embolism after taking Yaz
I just read a story that aired in Tennessee on NewsChannel 5 about a woman named Leah. Leah was a twenty year old student at Tennessee Tech and on her way to becoming a nurse when, last January, her college roommate discovered her passed out in the shower. Leah’s roommate called 911 and told them that she was pale and breathing heavily. Leah woke up and spoke to her mom over the phone, telling her that “she was scared, and that she was tingling all over.” Less than an hour later, Leah passed away.
Ultimately, it was discovered that Leah died of a pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in her lung). When Leah’s family asked how this could have happened to a healthy twenty year old woman, an emergency room doctor informed them that the birth control pill Leah started taking six months before, Yaz, could have caused the blood clot.
Leah’s family is devastated by the loss of their daughter. "She didn't have to die. She didn't have to die because of a pill," said Leah’s mother.
Not wanting her daughter’s death to have occurred in vain, Leah’s mother is determined to warn others about the drug and the serious potential side effects of taking Yaz.
