Dr. Airica Steed is now the CEO of MetroHealth. However, several years ago, she almost lost her life during pregnancy, narrowly escaping becoming a victim of maternal mortality.
CLEVELAND — If you’ve had a brush with death, you never forget it. News 5 Anchor Courtney Gousman talked to a prominent leader here in Northeast Ohio about her story of survival.
On Dec. 5, 2022, Steed became MetroHealth’s leader, and she’s the first Black woman and nurse to hold the position.How the Chicago native ended up here has much to do with a series of losses in her life. At 23, Steed lost her mother, who was just 46. The critical care nurse died of a rare form of cancer known as Acute Myeloid Leukemia. She had been misdiagnosed twice.“After a series of hiccups or delayed care, misdiagnoses, mistreatment, inappropriate treatment,” Steed said.
Preeclampsia is a serious condition that can affect pregnant women, marked by high and sometimes deadly blood pressure levels. “I woke up with the most excruciating headache, and I literally felt I was having an aneurysm. As I pulled over the sheets, I looked down at my lower extremities, and I can honestly tell you that my legs looked like logs.”“A lot of people running, running across the room. What I recall is my physician; she started praying over me. I was very concerned when she started praying. She started tearing up, actually.
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