The video has become a YouTube sensation for viewers across the country but on Thursday night, KCBA reporter Serene Branson watched it for the first time.
On KCBS' late news, Branson talked about the incident from Sunday night that had people concerned for her health. "As soon as I opened my mouth I knew something was wrong. I knew what I wanted to say but I didn't have the words. To say it."
Branson was reporting live after the Grammy's when something went terribly wrong. Branson says nearby paramedics came to her aide checking vital signs, her temperature and even taking blood. "To be honest with you, I started crying right away because i was scared. I was terrified and confused, confused. What had just happened?"
Along with garbled speech, Branson said she remembers losing feeling in her hands and face...but the word stroke never entered her mind. "Medical emergency was in my mind. the words: something medically is going wrong."
Branson eventually saw a neurologist at UCLA medical center who diagnosed her with having suffered a "complex migraine" which medical experts say can mimic a stroke.
"A complex migraine is just like a migraine headache except it has other features, such as garbled speech or weakness on one side."
Branson says she's had migraines before and was battling a headache that night. She also has a family history of migraines.
"I heard Serene Branson's mother also at a young age suffered from migraines and there is a genetic component to migraines."
Branson was welcomed back to the station by colleagues and plans to be back to work soon. "I've got to get ready for the Oscars now!"
Again, doctors say this is a not common for migraine sufferers but if you are having similar symptoms you should seek medical attention immediately.
