by Suzy Berndt | Apr 15, 2022 | Long QT Syndrome, Raising Awareness, Support Groups
I was lucky – I was diagnosed at birth. The doctors knew something was off with my heart rhythm when I was in utero, but the technology back then wasn’t advanced enough to know more than that. I was in distress when I was born, and I was born with heart block along...
by Sandy Cowin | Mar 10, 2022 | Brugada Syndrome, Genetic Testing, Grief and Loss, Raising Awareness
Sandy and her son JacksonSandy’s dad and her son Jackson This Heart Month, volunteer Sandy Cowin made a huge impact through sharing her story with her local news station, Spectrum News 1, which broadcast her story and the SADS warning signs across the state of...
by Karen Peck | Mar 7, 2022 | Fundraising, Grief and Loss, Raising Awareness, Raising Funds, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Brian was a junior and on the dean’s honor list at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying biomedical engineering and computer science. He truly loved his college experience and formed an amazing second family away from home. We are comforted knowing he was the...
by Sam Becotte | Mar 2, 2022 | Awareness, Fundraising, Grief and Loss, Long QT Syndrome, Raising Awareness, Raising Funds
Lyla, Sonny Jude’s sister, at the pancake breakfast My son, Sonny Jude, went unresponsive (stopped breathing and his precious heart stopped beating) at six months old. His babysitter saw this and performed CPR and resuscitated him. It was then we...
by Kiersten Rock-Torcivia | Nov 29, 2021 | AEDs, ARVC, Raising Awareness, SADS Kids, Uncategorized
Can you tell me a little bit about your SADS journey? I’m a junior in high school. I used to be figure skater until I was diagnosed with ARVC, and that’s how I found out that I had it – I was skating when I had some arrhythmias. After a long process of being...
by Kevin Coleman | Jul 27, 2021 | Raising Awareness, Raising Funds
Donate Here #24ForRy On Christmas of 2016, my brother Ryan had passed away in his sleep. At 24 years old, he was a young, healthy, and motivated individual who was just getting ready to take hold of his independent life. His brilliance and work ethic had led him...
