They continued
to watch the football game on TV.
Meanwhile, my
husband and I went to bed at about ten to eleven that particular night. It
was early for us but we were both shattered. We did not hear Craig
come home, but just after midnight my husband heard a noise coming from
Craig's room. He rushed in to find Craig having a fit on the floor, and he
was bleeding. My husband shouted for me and I quickly ran in and saw Craig
on the floor with my husband holding his head. I rang the ambulance - I was
hysterical by this time - and we were told to tilt Craig's head back and
with that he let out a gasp of air and then stopped breathing.
The
ambulance crew were there within minutes and they tried to get Craig's heart
going but to no avail. Craig was pronounced dead at the local hospital.
Craig was a
gentle giant with the biggest blue eyes you would ever see. Everybody loved
Craig and he will be missed so much.
When we
received the post mortem results we were told that Craig died of
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and left venticular failure. We now have the
agonising wait for the rest of the family to be screened.
Craig was
never ill, not even as a baby. We cannot describe what a huge gap this has
left in our family. We miss him every day and every day is a struggle. It is
not sinking in that he has gone.
We love you son.
Shell Burling
