Charity Watkins’ health took a bad turn in the weeks after her daughter was born. Her doctor blamed postpartum depression and then the flu. Those misdiagnoses put Watkins’ life at risk; she actually had heart failure.
Kate Medley for Kaiser Health News
“Sharing my story is part of my healing,” says Charity Watkins, a doctor whose misdiagnosed heart failure proved life-threatening. She speaks to medical groups to help others improve their care. “It has helped me reclaim power in my life.”