by Mandi Chesser | Sep 13, 2021 | Advocacy, Awareness, Long QT Syndrome, Parenting, Schools
Can you tell me a little bit about your family’s SADS journey? In utero, our doctors thought that my daughter Madison had heart block, and I was sent to a specialist. They confirmed that it was not a heart block – she just had a low heart rate. When Madison was...
by Cathy Overs | Apr 20, 2020 | Awareness, Brugada Syndrome, Genetic Testing, Schools, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Uncategorized
Will was 6 years old when he first experienced a fainting episode. He was walking up the hill with his dad & sister one day from school when he fainted. We couldn’t tell if the kids were making it up & playing a joke on dad while I was at work. The next...
by Jasmine Wylie | Sep 13, 2019 | Advocacy, AEDs, Conference, CPR, SADS Spotlight, Schools, Sports/Exercise, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Name: Richard LamphierLocation: Atlanta, GA Occupation: Program Manager Project S.A.V.E of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, an affiliate of Project ADAM Why were you drawn to nursing as a career? I had a good friend who passed away. While he was...
by Erin McGuire Clark | May 23, 2019 | AEDs, Long QT Syndrome, Schools
As a LQT patient-parent as well as an educator-advocate of students facing chronic medical conditions in a large school district, I have learned that “peace of mind” can go a long way in learning to thrive despite medical challenges. We often feel sidelined by...
by Erin McGuire Clark | Aug 27, 2018 | Parenting, Schools
Being “sidelined” from chronic medical condition symptoms can be both overwhelming and depressing. Though the comfort zone of home will inevitably lure us from school toward the “path of least resistance” on those rough days, unfortunately, the more you miss school,...
