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 Ursula
Bick - Midlands
We feel that our
involvement with CRY has helped to ease the burden of our loss.
We know that we are not alone in our grief and it is our fervent
hope that one day our Government will introduce mandatory screening
for school children as part of their School Medical Programme. |
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 Maralyn
Bowen - North East England
We lost our 19 year old son Ian in October 1996. Ian had played golf in the morning, been to his part time job in the afternoon and gone for a night out with his mates. He collapsed and died one hour after leaving home. Ian was a victim of Wolff-Parkinson-White
Syndrome, a rare condition caused by an extra electrical connection in the
heart. |
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Bower - West
Every family copes with a sudden death
differently. I don’t believe there is a right or wrong way. All I
want to do is to be there for people who need to talk about it with
someone who has been through something similar in the hope that I
can help. |
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 Alex Fotheringham
- West
Scotland
We hope we can help CRY be heard, that people will listen and take note, and that the government will recognise there is a need for national screening.
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 Peter and Caroline Gard - East
Our son Andrew collapsed and died in his bedroom, two days away from
his 18th birthday,
while
getting ready to play tennis. Nothing could have prepared us for
the shock of this event. However as he was the picture of good
health and involved in all kinds of sport this was even more
difficult to comprehend. |
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 Tara
Gore - South East
I find a lot of comfort in helping CRY because it helps me feel that I am helping other families in the same situation as mine, that I am trying to stop this happening to other people like Therese, and also keeping her memory alive. |
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 Ruth Lowe
- North West
On 12th April 2004 my only child
Andrew died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 21. My goal is to raise
awareness and hold screening events in the area for other young people. I
believe if Andrew had been screened then his death may have been prevented. |
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.gif) Keri
Montague - South West (Somerset & Devon)
My son Oliver died of Long QT Syndrome at 8½ months
old. So much can be
done to prevent other people going through the indescribable grief of losing a
child. |
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 Dee
Shackleton - Middle of England
I became involved with CRY after my older brother, Peter died on
15th November 1998 at the age of 25.
As you can imagine this was
devastating for my family and I. |
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 Paulette
Smith - South Wales
Paulette's apparently healthy 24-year-old son,
Christiaan, died suddenly in 1999.
"CRY has
been an enormous help in providing information and by letting us
know that we are not suffering alone." |
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 Judy
Street - South West (Cornwall)
There are
still days when I cannot believe that I will never see my son again. My
consolation is that he died a happy man, doing what he loved most in the world,
with the woman he loved and soon to become a Dad. |
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