For more than two decades, Kara Peeks impressed her husband and regularly left him marveling at her courage. Her strength and resilience knew no bounds; even in death, she left everyone in awe as she was graced with a record-breaking "honor walk" before donating her organs. The morning of June 11, 2024 will forever remain in the memory of Chuck Peeks, 49.
He told that he recalls his beloved wife complaining about "achy legs." She was a healthy mother-of-three, so at the time, they thought nothing of it, but, within hours, their lives were turned upside down. Kara became short of breath and was having difficulty standing up, before she collapsed in the hallway.
Chuck waited what "felt like an eternity" for emergency services to arrive before his wife could be taken to hospital. Later that day, Chuck, of Richmond, Virginia, watched Kara get hooked up to machines just to keep her alive, as she wasn't able to maintain her own pulse. She had suffered a pulmonary embolism, a clot that stops flow to a lung artery, leading to cardiac arrest.
"I was devastated, and she never came out of a coma after that," Chuck said. "Doctors think that the aching legs could have been a blood clot forming, but they can't be sure. "She was visited by the neurologist on her second, third, and fourth days in hospital.
She had no reaction to stimuli on any visit, and by the third visit, he let me know how grim the situation was." On June 15, Chuck was given the heartbreaking news that his wife of nearly .
