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Our SADS blog is your hub for stories, interactive forums, and posts about awareness topics like research, pregnancy, and exercise. Want to share your SADS journey? Reach out to [email protected] to connect!
To read memorial stories of those we’ve lost to SADS, visit our In Loving Memory wall.
Kiersten’s Story: Making a Difference
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...
SCA Survivor: Elisheva’s Story
“As with many Sudden Cardiac Arrests, I didn’t have any symptoms – it happened out of nowhere.” Elisheva’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest came without...
Everyday Superhero: The Fischetti Family’s Story
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...
SCA Survivor: Katie’s Story
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...
SCA Survivor: The Collinson Family’s Story
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....
Everyday Superhero: Walter Dusseldorp
Can you tell me a little bit about your CPR save? It's one of those things that happens in the career of a paramedic and that will stick with you...
SADS Safe Schools: Mandi Chesser
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...
ICD Stories: Katie Wildhagen
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,...
ICD Stories: Katie Wildhagen
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,...
Mona: My Journey with LQTS and Cancer
In 2003 I was a very physically fit female Firefighter/Paramedic who was running full Marathons. I was 35 years old, a 14-year veteran of the Fire...
Advancing Care: Babett Horn
Joriale Horn Can you tell me a little bit about your family’s SADS journey – from diagnosis to where you are today? Our oldest daughter, Jori, was...
In Memory of Ryan Matthew Coleman
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...