Mariella Whitney didn’t remember much after suffering a double aneurysm at Cascade Golf Course last fall, but thanks to the help of Tracy Cantrell, a manager at the course’s general store, she has made a full recovery and is now being featured in a reenactment of the event.

On Thursday, March 23, Whitney and Cantrell were reunited at Cascade Golf Course, where they recreated the events of that fall day for a reenactment video produced by Overlake Hospital. The video will be shown as part of Overlake’s upcoming Bandage Ball fundraiser in a presentation from the neuroscience division, and will then be uploaded to the Overlake Hospital website.

On Sept. 21, 2016, Whitney was on her way to meet with the Cascade Women’s Golf Club, a group she has been a part of for more than 20 years, and stopped in to the general store. Cantrell said they talked about Whitney’s recent vacation until she suddenly collapsed.

“She was shaking really bad and fell to the floor, I tried to catch her but she hit the floor,” Cantrell said. “All I did was turn her on her side, tapped her a couple times, called 911, pulled her vest and shirt away from her chest and cleared her mouth.”

When EMTs arrived, Whitney was taken to Overlake Hospital for surgery. Since then, Whitney has made a full recovery from that incident, and is working toward another recovery.

“I got my three-month clearance (from the doctor) then I proceeded, two nights later, to fall and break my hip. I’m trying to recover from that,” Whitney said.

Cantrell said she knew it was important to stay calm and take the right steps to get help as quickly as possible, while doing what she could to help in the moment.

“You just have to stop and think instead of going into a panic mode, think of the situation you are in,” she said. “I’m just grateful she is alive and she has made a full recovery.”

Whitney’s story was chosen to be recreated on video for the fundraiser thanks to her doctor, who thought the story would be a good way to feature work by Overlake Hospital’s Neuroscience Institute and to spread awareness of the proper steps to take when some has a medical emergency.

“The doctor Abhineet Chowdhary, who was my surgeon, he was thinking of patients and he thought that I was a good example and it might spread a story so people would realize how important the neuroscience is, and what it can do for you,” she said.

During the filming of the reenactment in March, Cantrell and Whitney relived the events of that day as the whole story was recreated. Whitney said the day of filming was a type of healing for her, as she does not remember many of the details.

“It was a healing thing, to find out more details of what went on. I didn’t know what was going on at the store and at the hospital,” she said. “I got little stories, but didn’t remember how it all went down, I was in the hospital for quite a while. This filming of the reenactment was done in the hospital, I had a fake surgery, too.”

The reenactment video will be featured April 22, at Overlake’s Bandage Ball fundraiser at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue.