Pregnant Valley woman waiting to give birth before having life-saving surgery
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[{'start': '0.480', 'end': '7.120', 'text': "She's everything to me. She's my world."}, {'start': '3.360', 'end': '10.160', 'text': "A devoted wife for 25 years. I wouldn't"}, {'start': '7.120', 'end': '13.040', 'text': 'be the man I am without her. And a'}, {'start': '10.160', 'end': '15.280', 'text': 'loving mother to all her children. My'}, {'start': '13.040', 'end': '16.800', 'text': 'mom was a big part of all of our lives'}, {'start': '15.280', 'end': '19.359', 'text': "and she's always there for you whenever"}, {'start': '16.800', 'end': '21.680', 'text': 'you need her. Jessica is the backbone to'}, {'start': '19.359', 'end': '23.600', 'text': 'the Herrera family in Goodyear and this'}, {'start': '21.680', 'end': '25.600', 'text': 'family is expecting to get a little'}, {'start': '23.600', 'end': '28.080', 'text': 'bigger in the next couple of months.'}, {'start': '25.600', 'end': '30.960', 'text': 'Jessica is pregnant with her seventh'}, {'start': '28.080', 'end': '33.360', 'text': 'child, baby Ezekiel. But last month, the'}, {'start': '30.960', 'end': '35.520', 'text': '42-year-old mother suffered a massive'}, {'start': '33.360', 'end': '38.800', 'text': 'heart attack and was rushed to the'}, {'start': '35.520', 'end': '42.320', 'text': 'hospital. Found out her arteries are all'}, {'start': '38.800', 'end': '44.879', 'text': "super clogged, unrepable. Now she's in"}, {'start': '42.320', 'end': '47.120', 'text': 'need of a new heart. It was very'}, {'start': '44.879', 'end': '48.879', 'text': 'difficult to believe that this was'}, {'start': '47.120', 'end': '52.559', 'text': 'really happening to her. I think a lot'}, {'start': '48.879', 'end': '54.879', 'text': "of us are still in shock that it's even"}, {'start': '52.559', 'end': '57.920', 'text': 'happening. Making matters more difficult'}, {'start': '54.879', 'end': '60.320', 'text': 'for the family with her being pregnant.'}, {'start': '57.920', 'end': '62.960', 'text': 'Uh they were unable to do any kind of'}, {'start': '60.320', 'end': '65.119', 'text': 'surgeries, forcing Jessica and her'}, {'start': '62.960', 'end': '67.200', 'text': 'husband Alex to make one of the most'}, {'start': '65.119', 'end': '69.360', 'text': 'difficult decisions of their lives.'}, {'start': '67.200', 'end': '71.760', 'text': 'terminate the pregnancy so she could go'}, {'start': '69.360', 'end': '75.200', 'text': 'through surgery to save her life or wait'}, {'start': '71.760', 'end': '77.759', 'text': 'until baby Ezekiel is 28 weeks, giving'}, {'start': '75.200', 'end': '80.400', 'text': 'him a better chance at survival at the'}, {'start': '77.759', 'end': '82.400', 'text': 'risk of Jessica suffering another heart'}, {'start': '80.400', 'end': '84.560', 'text': 'attack. It it was it was a very'}, {'start': '82.400', 'end': '87.040', 'text': 'difficult decision to be faced with. The'}, {'start': '84.560', 'end': '91.280', 'text': 'family deciding not to give up on their'}, {'start': '87.040', 'end': '94.920', 'text': "child. She's 24 uh weeks pregnant and"}, {'start': '91.280', 'end': '97.520', 'text': "you know, we're just praying and"}, {'start': '94.920', 'end': '99.439', 'text': 'and hoping, you know, everything comes'}, {'start': '97.520', 'end': '101.600', 'text': 'through good for the baby. We all hope'}, {'start': '99.439', 'end': '103.600', 'text': 'for the best, praying for a miracle.'}, {'start': '101.600', 'end': '105.280', 'text': 'Jessica has been in the hospital for a'}, {'start': '103.600', 'end': '107.840', 'text': "month and will stay there until it's"}, {'start': '105.280', 'end': '110.079', 'text': 'time to give birth. The family staying'}, {'start': '107.840', 'end': '112.799', 'text': 'strong together, knowing that if their'}, {'start': '110.079', 'end': '115.360', 'text': 'miracle happens and Ezekiel is born,'}, {'start': '112.799', 'end': '116.799', 'text': 'they still have a very long road ahead'}, {'start': '115.360', 'end': '118.719', 'text': "of them. We're in the eye of the"}, {'start': '116.799', 'end': '120.560', 'text': 'hurricane. She has a tremendous amount'}, {'start': '118.719', 'end': '122.880', 'text': 'of of support and family that loves her'}, {'start': '120.560', 'end': '124.880', 'text': 'very very much.'}, {'start': '122.880', 'end': '127.040', 'text': 'Now, the family has set up a GoFundMe to'}, {'start': '124.880', 'end': '128.720', 'text': 'help pay for their hospital bills and to'}, {'start': '127.040', 'end': '130.720', 'text': 'put Jessica on the heart transplant'}, {'start': '128.720', 'end': '132.400', 'text': 'list. They also encourage everyone to'}, {'start': '130.720', 'end': '134.400', 'text': 'get checked out by their doctors. They'}, {'start': '132.400', 'end': '136.959', 'text': 'said Jessica did have a few symptoms'}, {'start': '134.400', 'end': '138.720', 'text': 'before her heart attack, but believe if'}, {'start': '136.959', 'end': '140.160', 'text': 'they would have gone to that hospital or'}, {'start': '138.720', 'end': '142.640', 'text': 'to the doctor sooner, this whole'}, {'start': '140.160', 'end': '144.560', 'text': 'situation may have not happened. Mark'}, {'start': '142.640', 'end': '147.920', 'text': "Kbe. Yeah, we'll be thinking about that"}, {'start': '144.560', 'end': '147.920', 'text': 'family, hoping for a miracle.'}]