Zoya Fahimzadeh, a 36-year-old mental-health counselor, is breathing through a tube in her neck in a hospital bed in Atlanta. Ms. Fahimzadeh, who is Iranian, suffered a stroke and a brain hemorrhage on Christmas day, five days after giving birth to her second child. She was in a coma for three weeks and underwent two brain surgeries. Half of her face and body is paralyzed. Her husband, Parham Eshtehardi, a 39-year-old cardiologist at Emory University, was desperate for family support and help to take care of their...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 04, 2017 14:26 UTC