by sadsfoundation | Sep 20, 2023 | Blog
In October of 2022, Matthew was taking a dinner break during a World of Dance rehearsal in New York City when he experienced Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). It was his first symptom of an underlying heart condition. A friend started CPR, and Matthew was shocked twice...
by sadsfoundation | Sep 18, 2023 | Blog
Melanie was diagnosed with ARVC (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy) after experiencing ventricular tachycardia – a fast, irregular, and dangerous heart rhythm – in 2021. But that was just the beginning of Melanie’s heart journey. Melanie experienced...
by sadsfoundation | Sep 12, 2023 | Blog
Every morning I am greeted with the same bittersweet reality. Bitter is just a taste of the eternal emotion of losing a child. Sweet is the ever-present gratefulness that one of our children came back to life after being pronounced dead. We choose to share our...
by sadsfoundation | Sep 1, 2023 | Blog
Jimmy’s dad and I adopted Jimmy when he was six weeks old. He was born with a cleft palette and other conditions that required repeated PE tubes and almost nonstop antibiotic use. His autism and Attention Deficit Disorder became apparent when he was very young. We...
by sadsfoundation | Jun 15, 2023 | Blog
Can you tell me a little bit about your journey – from diagnosis to where you are now? It started with stomach issues which led me to the ER, and they did an EKG there. And that’s when all this started because they saw type one Brugada pattern. I didn’t...
