COLUMBUS, Ohio — Leah Schmidt looks like the proverbial picture of health. She is a cancer survivor who, in 2021 was training for Pelotonia-- the grassroots fundraiser to end cancer.

A few months after the ride, in November, Schmidt, who is an emergency department nurse, suffered a cardiac arrest.

"When I woke up in the hospital, the doctors who were taking care of me could not believe that someone who looked like me lying there in the bed had their heart stop on them," she said.

Schmidt's husband is also a nurse. He recognized that his wife had the signs of a cardiac arrest and quickly began CPR while calling 911. Paramedics arrived quickly and delivered a shock with an AED.

Schmidt was diagnosed with "chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy." Her cancer is in remission. She's maintain

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