Fox NFL sideline reporter Erin Andrews revealed that her father, Steven, suffered a heart attack during a family gathering in Montana on Christmas Eve.
In Thursday’s installment of the ‘Calm Down’ podcast, Andrews spoke about how her father is doing well following a second hospital stint in Tampa, where he lives.
Steven Andrews is a retired Emmy Award-winning investigative broadcast journalist who worked for years for NBC station WFLA.
‘I didn’t discuss this at the time but over Christmas … it was just hellacious and horrible — but it ended up having a great ending. My dad had a heart attack in Montana with us and it was awful,’ Andrews said.
‘And it was right in front of us. I’m very proud of my sister, my mom, [husband] Jarret and I for springing into crazy town action [and] getting paramedics. My dad was life-flighted to another hospital.
‘It was a lot and I was at the time just beyond grateful for the care my dad received — from the firefighters and the helicopter to the people in Bozeman hospital who took care of him. So, it’s been a lot for us the last three months.’
Erin Andrews revealed her father suffered a heart attack in front of their family on Christmas
She said her dad, Steven, recently suffered a second bout of heart attack-like symptoms
She went on to explain that Andrews was recently hospitalized again after experiencing heart attack symptoms again.
‘Our PTSD was tested again when my son FaceTimed my father the other day and he answered from a hospital bed in Tampa,’ she said.
‘My entire body seized up … Well, good news, my dad didn’t have another heart attack but he had all the symptoms of having one. So, for four or five days our family was just wrecked, like, oh my God, this poor man can’t catch a break.
‘The moral of the story is, thank God my dad is alive, but my dad is alive because of these healthcare workers and I just feel like they are people that don’t get as much credit as they deserve.’
In a heartbreaking moment, a teary Andrews explained she and her sister, Kendra, are getting examined for any hereditary markers for cardiovascular disease.
‘This is where I’ll cry my dad takes care of himself so much and he does such a good job. And I feel so bad, he needs a break, cardiovascular disease is so f***ing horrible,’ Andrews said.
Thompson, who also shared on the show that her grandmother passed away last week, added that Andrews was sharing her father’s story to give a shout out to the healthcare workers who took care of him.
