Imagine this: a Paralympic champion athlete comes to his parent’s house to share time with his father, who has gone through open heart surgery. But in the middle of this, the athlete discovers that he also needs surgery to remove his problematic organ, and he will have to experience this without his wife beside him. Something concerning, right? But that’s what happened with Hunter Woodhall on March 4. He had discovered that he had “to get appendix removed” after experiencing severe pain in his stomach. However, he didn’t have his wife, Tara Davis-Woodhall, beside him on this journey. But what Tara did next is just so adorable to miss!

Hunter Woodhall underwent surgery yesterday. From time to time, he kept on sharing updates regarding his health through his social media posts. So in one of those posts from yesterday, Hunter said, “Just made it out of surgery, feeling pretty good. So everything went well, thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. Well, I’m straight. I didn’t need that appendix s—- anyways.” All of this occurred while his mother had to keep an eye on both him and his father. An immense responsibility! But hold on! As per Hunter, Tara would soon join the scene. 

On March 5, Hunter shared a video message on his Instagram feed to let the fans know about his health. In the meantime, someone put a question in the comment box, asking him about his wife’s situation. While responding to that, Hunter wrote, “She [Tara] was more stressed than me. She jumped on a plane immediately, getting in today ❤️.” Tara is surely rushing to the scene to attend to her husband in the Woodhalls’ place in Utah. But you may feel surprised if you know about Hunter’s lifesaver in Tara’s absence.

In the video message posted on March 5, Hunter confessed about the help he had received from his Oura Ring 4. If you don’t know about the ring, it costs around $349. Well, the best features, such as monitoring the health updates minutely and sending those to users, come at the cost of a monthly ($5.99) or annual subscription ($69.99). Hunter Woodhall’s ring, worn on the pinky finger of his right hand, surely has that service. That’s why he claimed in the clip, “I think this ring might have saved my life yesterday.” And how did it do that? 

By simply sending signals. First, on March 4, Hunter admitted to having a salad with “some blue cheese on it” in Utah. That eating habit, however, was bound to give him issues. You may ask how. Hunter actually has a “weird intolerance to different kinds of lactose.” His suffering from COVID-19 before the Paris Paralympics gave him this kind of issue. Well, this time it was different. After consuming the cheese this time, he started to feel stomach cramps. As per him, it was the worst cramp experienced by him. And it was the first time he had felt such issues. So, things gave him a concerning call. But the 26-year-old athlete was ready to ignore that pain, assuming otherwise. “That’s where this ring comes into play,” Hunter kept the suspense. 

According to the Paralympic champion, in the next few hours, he received alarming calls. Such as? The signals (symptom radar) received from his Oura Ring showed his increased heart rate, added body temperature, and heart rate variability (HRV). Now add pain in his right abdomen. Altogether, those are the symptoms of “appendicitis or burst appendix.” Meanwhile, Hunter’s mother’s suggestion drove him to the hospital to take the tests. And voila! All tests came back negative, and the CT scan confirmed he had appendix issues. Fortunately, the time wasn’t wasted, and the paraathlete was swiftly taken to the surgery bed. Everything, meanwhile, went well. Now, he has three scars from the surgery. But you know what came as meaningful help in the scene? 

The Oura Ring, certainly. Shedding light on that, Hunter Woodhall said, “I’m so stubborn that I think without what this ring was telling me, that there was major signs something was wrong, I don’t know if I would have went to the hospital. So take this for what it’s worth.” Also, he gave an update on his and his father’s health status. “I’m doing great,” he said, and his father is also recovering. Anything more on the subject? Perhaps Tara Davis-Woodhall missed everything, struggling with the geographical distance. But once Hunter did it all to cover that geographical distance.

Hunter Woodhall once erased the distance between him and Tara Davis-Woodhall

Tara Davis-Woodhall had not been in Utah in the meantime. But she promised to attend everything. Surely she’s on her way to fulfilling her words once she said. It was, “We balance our long-distance relationship by having communication, trust, and patience.” The elements are there, enough to play a vital role in bridging the gap. But once Hunter did something unbelievable—to erase the geographical gap between him and Tara. Additionally, it was an attempt to give Tara the needed shoulder to lean on her head. 

The incident dates back to 2022. Those days, Tara wasn’t doing well in track and field sports. She faced setbacks in the US Outdoor Championships and the World Athletics Championships. Hunter Woodhall, however, realized the problem. So he called a solution. While revealing his approach on the Shawn & Andrew podcast on YouTube in 2022, he started to say, “Not come up with options of what can make it better, and really just trying to be there to listen and understand.” And his actions followed his words. “So a lot of times, I would drive from Fayetteville to Georgia on Friday,” he claimed. A further recalling of those days made him say, “Stay Saturday, and then drive home Sunday, which is like a 13-hour drive.” Thus, Hunter’s effort once led him to cover an inhuman journey to support his love. The needle is toward Tara now, who has promised to rush to the scene without delay.