My heart literally exploded on a date at the Cheesecake Factory

When Stefani Anderson went on a dinner date with a potential new partner, she never expected that her heart would literally explode. Ms Anderson said she couldn't believe how her date unfolded, and she said the first moment she realized something was wrong was when she was sat at the table and started experiencing 'really bad jaw pain and it was very hard to swallow'. When Stefani Anderson went on a dinner date, she never expected that her heart would literally explode, turning it into a life-or-death situation Ms Anderson was told about the aneurysm in her heart 10 years prior but doctors were regularly monitoring it 'I didn't know what was causing the pain. Above, an X-Ray showing where the surgeons inserted a man-made tube, called a graft, to replace the weak section of Ms Anderson's aorta The open chest surgery Ms Anderson received involved removing part of the aorta damaged by the aneurysm Ms Anderson was rushed to hospital where she was told that her aortic aneurysm had torn, and the blood supply had been cut off from her ear to ankle. Ms Anderson remained in hospital for 11 days and will need another surgery in the future to repair her descending aorta, which carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart through to the chest and abdomen.