My brother Kris Ledgard died in October 2012 at home in Milton Keynes having gone to bed one evening and never woke up. At the time he was a strength and conditioning coach with Leicester Riders, an elite level British basketball team. As a young, healthy and active person, his passing was a shock to our family and friends that has left a huge hole in our lives.
I have chosen to be a CRY representative after the death of my 8 year old daughter, Aine, in 2002. She had an unknown heart
My husband, Robert, died suddenly in November 2018 at the age of 28. It was five days after our second wedding anniversary, where Robert had
My darling brother Barry was 28. It was the last game of the season for Rayners Lane FC, the team he had played for since he was 17. The result of the game was not important to league standings, so the Manager changed around a couple of players’ positions. Barry opted to play midfield, rather than
My name is Paul Clabburn. I live in west Chichester. With my late wife, Claire Prosser, I had two children, Tom and Ellen. Tom was the elder. He was 14 when he died in his sleep on October 5, 2007. He had been healthy. Except he wasn’t. I started writing this on what would have been
“I’m going up now Dad”; “O.K. son I’ll see you later”; this conversation between my son Daniel and myself seemed pretty normal at 9:30 P.M. on the evening of March the 18th 2015, little did we know that it would be the last time anyone would speak to him. My wife Sue and I had been
I stumbled on CRY whilst trying to find out just how and why our healthy and happy son died in his sleep. Just 28 years old, with a great job and about to be married, we just couldn’t understand it. Polish police told us he died of “natural causes”. Rob, his twin brother, phoned us on
In May 2001 my son, Damien aged 28, went to bed and did not wake up. The post-mortem identified that he had suffered an “acute myorcorditous” – losing your only child is devastating. I became aware of CRY at this time but I did not take the opportunity to use any of their service. Instead I
In June 2006 my family and I were on holiday in Center Parcs when my brother Dean, aged just 26, passed away from a cardiac arrest caused by an undiagnosed cardiac problem. It was found that my brother had a slightly enlarged left ventricle and no other issue could be found as to the cause of
“Please feel free to send chocolates and make charitable donations to…” As I lay in ICU moments after waking from an induced coma, these were my words in response to my dad question “what do you want to say on social media about your health, as you have been asleep for 2 days and everyone knows