{"id":53981,"date":"2025-05-08T22:52:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=53981"},"modified":"2025-05-08T22:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:52:29","slug":"former-dallas-cowboy-and-pro-football-hall-of-famer-bob-lilly-saves-wifes-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=53981","title":{"rendered":"Former Dallas Cowboy and Pro Football Hall of Famer Bob Lilly saves wife&#8217;s life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-v-08416276=\"\">\n<p><strong data-v-08416276=\"\">Published<\/strong>\u00a0 May 8, 2025 4:47pm CDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-d11d7278=\"\">\n<div data-v-d11d7278=\"\">\n<div data-v-7d0efd03=\"\" data-v-d11d7278=\"\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxtv.com\/static.fox4news.com\/www.fox4news.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/764\/432\/v-alex-dallas-cowboys-bob-lily-saves-wife-4p_00.00.10.42.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Former Dallas Cowboy and Pro Football Hall of Famer Bob Lilly saves wife's life\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\" \/> <span data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">article<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\"><strong>PROSPER, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end and Pro Football Hall of Famer Bob Lilly is being credited with saving his wife\u2019s life during a medical crisis.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">It all started when she woke up with a horrible headache in February, and today she&#8217;s celebrating her survival and recovery from a life-threatening hemorrhagic stroke.<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Bob Lilly&#8217;s wife, Ann, suffers stroke<\/h2>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">It&#8217;s been a long road to recovery as Ann Lilly has spent the last 10 weeks in hospitals and rehab following a life-threatening stroke.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Today she finally got to go home.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">It&#8217;s an important day for 80-year-old Ann Lilly. As she&#8217;s finishing her last therapy session at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Prosper.<\/p>\n<div data-v-0dea8073=\"\" data-v-d11d7278=\"\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxtv.com\/static.fox4news.com\/www.fox4news.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/932\/524\/v-alex-dallas-cowboys-bob-lily-saves-wife-4p_00.00.04.14.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Former Dallas Cowboy and Pro Football Hall of Famer Bob Lilly saves wife's life\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Ann suffered a life-threatening stroke back on February 28.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">She woke her husband, Bob Lilly, the former Dallas Cowboys defensive end and Pro Football Hall of Famer, complaining of a sudden, terrible headache.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Suffering from a stroke, Ann had to undergo emergency brain surgery.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">She was then placed on a ventilator and feeding tube.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Ann spent the last 20-plus days undergoing physical, occupational and speech therapy.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Every day she&#8217;s improving.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">And now she&#8217;s strong enough to go home.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Doctor Faisel Zaman didn&#8217;t do her surgery but has treated Ann since she was transferred to Encompass for rehab.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">&#8220;The type she had was a hemorrhagic stroke, meaning that she basically bled into her brain tissue,&#8221; said Dr. Zaman.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Dr. Zaman said it was crucial that Ann\u2019s husband recognized the signs and took quick action.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">&#8220;The consequences could\u2019ve been catastrophic. You know he saved her life,&#8221; said Dr. Zaman.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">According to the American Stroke Association, nearly 800,000 Americans will have a new or recurrent stroke this year.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Doctors and medical staff lined the hallway to cheer her on as she was wheeled out with her husband and son alongside her side.<\/p>\n<div data-v-0dea8073=\"\" data-v-d11d7278=\"\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxtv.com\/static.fox4news.com\/www.fox4news.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/932\/524\/s-alex-dallas-cowboys-bob-lily-saves-wife-4p_00.00.44.04.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Former Dallas Cowboy and Pro Football Hall of Famer Bob Lilly saves wife's life\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Ann says she won&#8217;t forget all the people who helped her get to this milestone as she will continue on with home health for the next several months.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">One of her goals is to do her daily one-and-a-half-mile walks with her husband.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Doctors believe she can make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information in this article was provided through interviews with the Lilly family and with medical professionals at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Prosper.<\/p>\n<section data-v-d11d7278=\"\">HealthDallas CowboysProsper<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end and Pro Football Hall of Famer Bob Lilly is being credited with saving his wife\u2019s life during a medical crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":53982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1884,368,1881,108,9,1885,1883,1882],"class_list":["post-53981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-collin-county","tag-cowboys","tag-health","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-prosper","tag-tx","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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