The Jessi mess gets some hometown coverage.
Florida Today's FlaBlaBla blog talked to her Mom:
"It's a little hard watching your own daughter get taken away in an ambulance on television," Peralta said "Apparently, she was dehydrated and had an episode where she had shortness of breath."
Valarie Peralta added that Jessi's requiring medical assistance occurred shortly before the Monday taping which aired on Wednesday. (Thursday nigh's result shows are broadcast live.)
She was given two liters of fluids and it became evident that Wednesday's show would go on without Jessie. She also underwent four hours of tests with a cardiologists.
Her mother thinks Jessi's plight could have resulted from her daughter forgetting to breathe.
"Throughout her dance career she starts focusing on the dancing part so much she forgets to breathe -- literally," her mother said.
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TCPalm spoke with her Dad:
"She's OK, her heart is fine," said Rockledge resident Doug Peralta, Jessi's father. "I think they got a false reading based on the fact that she was severely dehydrated — they thought she might have some sort of heart problem. But she was cleared by the doctors to dance. She does not have a heart problem."
Even after showing up Thursday and performing at full speed, Peralta was dismissed by the judges. She's upset and disappointed, Doug Peralta said, but offers — to appear in music videos, and movie-role auditions — have already started to come in. "Jessi's a very positive person," he said. "This is not going to be a setback as much as it's going to be a springboard for her to move forward."
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