VIDEO: Ramon Arenas Jr. had a stroke on Sunday, five days after falling down briefly at work. Now he's working to recover and get back to serving the community.
Why would a healthy, 38-year-old firefighter have a stroke? That was the question doctors asked themselves as they worked to treat Ramon Arenas Jr.
“It was like an episode of House, they couldn’t figure out why,” Arenas Jr. said.
Arenas Jr. is a Salt River firefighter. He said that when he got home from work on Sunday, he felt what he described as a bubble wrap pop. “Something popped in the back of my neck and instantly I lost coordination,” Arenas Jr. said.
Soon after, he started experiencing signs of a stroke. Arenas Jr. began assessing his own condition like he’s done countless times for others.