Jennifer needs more information about why.
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But for whatever reason, it has happened. The best I say guess, guess of why I have heart cardiomyopathy was that I got it through a virus in my past. And my heart disease probably caused my stroke. But they can’t say for sure if that was true. So, it’s a lot of uncertainty. And I have spent a ton of time actually wasted a ton of time trying on my own to figure out why I ended up having cardiomyopathy or why I ended up having a stroke. Researching a lot, personally, but nobody can answer those questions. And I, I just had to come to accept that.
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