by April McCloud | Dec 14, 2021 | Awareness, ICD, Long QT Syndrome, SADS Spotlight
Can you tell me a little bit about your SADS journey? I was diagnosed with Long QT when I was eight years old, and was able to get genetic testing as an adult to identify that I have multiple LQTS Type 2 mutations. As a child in the ‘90s, the doctors knew very little...
by Felicia and John Fischetti | Oct 28, 2021 | CPR, ICD, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Can you tell me a little bit about the SCA? John: Felicia was asleep on the third floor. Miraculously, she was able to wake up and call out to our daughter that she didn’t feel good, and our daughter saw Felicia slump over. I was on the second floor, and...
by Katie Wildhagen | Oct 25, 2021 | ICD, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Can you tell me a little bit about your SCA? It was Sunday morning when it happened, and I was in church. Prior to that, we had no awareness that there was something wrong with my heart. I had quit basketball a few months before, because I kept almost passing out...
by Collinson Family | Oct 18, 2021 | CPR, CPVT, ICD, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Jacob Collinson Jill Collinson Can you tell me a little bit about your family’s SADS journey? We had no family history – this came out of the blue. Jake started having events at 7. The first one he had was when he was dropped off at a skating rink for a birthday...
by Katie Wildhagen | Sep 10, 2021 | Awareness, ICD, Long QT Syndrome, Sports/Exercise
Can you tell me a little bit about your SADS journey? In the spring of 2000, I went into sudden cardiac arrest. After about four weeks of testing, they finally realized I had Long QT Syndrome. I went for six months without a device. My mom really advocated for me, and...
by Kennedy Cooper | Jul 9, 2021 | Awareness, CPVT, Grief and Loss, ICD, SCA Survivor
Could you talk a little bit about your family’s SADS journey? My story begins on June 11, 2001, when my mom had a Sudden Cardiac Arrest. And unfortunately, she passed away. When you’re six years old, and you lose a parent unexpectedly, there are so many unanswered...
