American tennis player Jessica Pegula revealed details about her mother Kim’s medical condition for the first time in an article in The Players’ Tribune on Tuesday, saying the co-owner of the Buffalo Bills and Sabres remains in recovery after going into cardiac arrest last June.
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Kim Pegula, who co-owns Buffalo’s NFL and NHL teams with her husband Terry, was hospitalized in Florida after the incident.
Jessica says her sister, Kelly, saved Kim’s life by performing CPR before doctors restored her heartbeat. Kelly had received CPR training just months earlier.
Jessica said she decided to share the story when she told her husband it was weighing on her after Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during a game in Cincinnati on Jan. 2. He was saved by CPR administered on the field.
Jessica said her mom is in recovery, but there is a long road ahead.
“She is dealing with significant expressive aphasia and significant memory issues. She can read, write, and understand pretty well, but she has trouble finding the words to respond. It is hard to deal with and it takes a lot of patience to communicate with her, but I thank God every day that we can still communicate with her at all. The doctors continue to be blown away by her recovery, considering where she started, and her determination is the driving force of that,” Jessica writes.
Jessica Pegula is ranked No. 4 in the WTA Tour rankings.
More to come.
