CRY Cardiac Risk in the Young

  Advanced

 

home about cry contacts  medical info  screening fundraising

counselling

research news

Colby - living with Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)

My son Colby, who is only 13 months old, was diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Jun 2006.  This condition is one of the main causes of 'sudden death syndrome'.

 

This was obviously very shocking news, but at the minute he is here with us and on medication. Luckily I noticed his breathing difficulties, and when he was at hospital for Eczema check-up and I had to demand something else was wrong with him.
 

 

They did a chest X-ray and saw something wrong with his heart.  From there he was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, where he stayed for a week.

 

He will have yet another medication introduced next month, and so far there has been no change in his heart - but he's with me!!

 

Its rare for someone as young as Colby to get this - but it does happen, not just in late teens and adults. I myself had heard of sudden death syndrome, but never knew what the main causes of it actually were until my son was diagnosed.

 

I have included a couple of photo's of Colby. He spent his 1st birthday in the hospital too.

 

 


 

 

back

 

 

search & site map

brochure request

my story

links

q & a

donate to CRY


Call us at 01737 363 222 or email us at cry@c-r-y.org.uk

 CRY,
Unit 7, Epsom Downs Metro Centre, Waterfield, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5LR
A Company Limited by Guarantee.  Registered in England No. 3052965

Registered Office 35 - 37 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1 0BY.  Registered Charity No. 1050845
All Copyright reserved by Cardiac Risk in the Young  
Apologies to NETSCAPE users - this site is not optimised for Netscape Browsers