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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!
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Just Keep Moving
If you can't fly. Run.If you can't run. Walk. If you can't walk. Crawl.But by all means keep moving. ~Martin Luther King Jr. Nothing about a new...
Holding My Breath
She appears “normal” and healthy on the outside. She does everything your 4 year old does. She laughs the same. She throws a temper tantrum the...
SADS Spotlight: Jaren
Name: Jaren BergAge: 10Which SADS condition do you have? LQTS Type 1 When were you diagnosed? November 2017 at age 9 How are you treated? Nadolol...
SADS Spotlight: Alison
Alison and her husband after competing in the 2018 USAT Duathlon National Championship! Name: Alison HegeAge: 30Which SADS condition do you...
Chevy’s Fight for Answers
After years of fainting episodes and misdiagnoses, Chevy’s family finally uncovered Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia—and began...
SADS Spotlight: John and Carter
Carter (left), mom Katie, and John (right) Name: John and Carter Cox (Twins) Age: 3Which SADS condition do you have? Long QT type 2 When were...
Our LQTS Story
We first contacted SADS when my middle child was 8 years old and had several “episodes” that looked like seizures. We had no idea what the...
Through Love and Faith: An Interview with Rebecca Hernandez
The Hernandez family March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. Brain injuries can result from many causes. One of these causes is anoxia (lack of...
SADS Spotlight: Danielle and Alanna
Name: Danielle and Alanna Mundondo Age: 34 and 4 Which SADS condition do you have? Long QT Syndrome Type 2 When were you diagnosed? Age 19 via...
Selfies With AEDs
Do you notice AEDs in your community? If you’re at work, out shopping, working out or participating in your everyday activities - could you find the...
“I Had To Do Something”: An Interview with Rare Disease Advocate Courtney Waller
February 28th is Rare Disease Day. The main objective is to raise awareness amongst the general public and decision-makers about rare diseases and...
Heart Hero: Terry
Terry Bishop was nominated as a Heart Hero by his wife, Whitney. He lives with Brugada Syndrome....