My brother Martyn moved up to Swindon with me in April 2005 to find work and to get a bit of life experience away from home. Whilst he was up with me I think he learnt an awful lot about life without our parents’ support and I believe he actually found himself as an individual. Martyn
Having been together since meeting at Aberdeen University, James and I finally got round to getting married in November 2001. Six months later James went off to play cricket and didn’t come home. He collapsed during a game and was rushed to nearby Edinburgh Royal Infirmary – when I arrived the medics had been trying to
I found out about CRY on 20 July 2012, the day after my only son, Matthew, died aged 17½. It was the county coroner who suggested my husband Chris and I Google for ‘Cardiac Risk in the Young’ to find out why our extremely fit boy should suddenly go. I think in the back of our
County Representative Sudden cardiac death syndrome has taken three members of my family, who all died from Long Q.T. syndrome. My first daughter, Pauline, died in 1979 aged 16; Rosaleen died in 2002 aged 38 years. Matthew, Rosaleen’s son, died in 2002 aged 17 years. Without the help of CRY we would be left in the
I was in a deep sleep and somewhere in my dream I could hear a phone ringing. It took a while for me to comprehend it was the bedside phone. The clock on the bed side table said 2:00am. As soon as I picked up the phone I heard my brother’s trembling voice saying “He has
I live in Swinton, near Rotherham, and am now retired and hoping to help CRY as their representative for the South Yorkshire area. In September 2009 we lost our only son, Bruce, suddenly to an undiagnosed heart condition. Bruce was found sitting on his sofa about to start his supper with the TV remote control still
When I was a young (20) Insurance Agent, I insured a young girl – single parent. She died suddenly, and the tragedy shook me. I am an old colleague of CRY’s Fundraising Manager, Rebecca Zouvani, and I am relieved to discover that something can be done. At the time, no-one had any idea why the young
My name is Angela Butler. I live in Newcastle under Lyme with my husband Phil – we had 2 sons, Nathan and Joshua. We were a very happy family spending lots of time travelling the country supporting Nathan and Josh with all their sporting interests and activities. Wednesday, 22nd February, 2006 started off as another normal
My name is Deborah Anderson and I was truly blessed to have four healthy fit children. Three daughters and one son. Then in 1998 my son, Dean, caught a chest infection and my family doctor, who examined him, said she thought he may have a heart murmur and would like to have him checked at the
My son Robert died May Day Bank Holiday Monday, 1996. He was a fit, healthy 15 year-old who enjoyed hockey and cricket – and had recently returned from an Outward Bound Course for the second year running (his choice) with school. That afternoon, Robert collapsed and died whilst on a bike ride along the River Severn