Just recently, we had reported on the Apple Watch saving life of a stranded kayaker and a a woman trapped in an icy river. Now, another report has found that the company’s smartwatch has possibly saved another life by detecting a rare tumor.
According to a CBS Boston report, the Cupertino based giant’s smartwatch helped in finding a rare tumor, which could’ve potentially been fatal to the user. Kim Durkee, a 67 year old woman, was taken to surgery for the removal of the deadly tumor after her Apple Watch warned her multiple times. These warnings notified her that her heart was in atrial fibrillation (AFib).
For those unaware, this basically means that the heart of the user had an irregular heartbeat. So after she received notifications for three consecutive nights, she made a visit to a nearby hospital. She told herself that “You know what, go to the emergency room; if they tell you it’s nothing to worry about then toss the watch.” Following tests, doctors found a myxoma which is a rare fast growing tumor that can restrict the flow of blood to the hear and cause a stroke.
Once the diagnosis was completed, Durkee underwent an open heart surgery for over 5 hours for the removal of the 4cm sized tumor. And just under two weeks, she was ready to be discharged from the hospital. When asked by the doctors as to how she knew that she had an AFib, Kim simply told them that “my watch told me.” Doctors said that Kim would’ve most certainly died if the Apple Watch had not warned her.
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