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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
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Diana
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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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
Field - 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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Paddy
Jelen - East Midlands
On the morning of July 23rd 2003 I found Nina dead. Post
mortem found nothing abnormal and following discussion with our local
pathologist who said it was almost certainly due to an epileptic seizure, he
agreed to send her heart and brain to specialist pathology centres. |
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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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Anne
Thomas - Wales
Our son
Gareth died in his
sleep, aged 21 years, on February 25th 2007. He had graduated from
University with a degree in International Politics and Law the previous summer.
I am pleased to
be asked to take on the role of Divisional Representative for Wales and
will do my best to promote the work of CRY.
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