My name is Michele Wilson, I am 22 years old and I am running the BUPA Great North Run this year and raising money for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). On 20th September 2006, my 23-year-old brother Kevin (my only sibling) died of an Arrhythmia. His death was a complete shock, as he
When Jon Paul Hawkins collapsed during a Scout meeting, doctors said that apart from a dislocated shoulder the lad was fine. Just two months later this kind, popular, 18-year-old was dead. Jon Paul collapsed against while playing computer games with younger brother Sam, and this time doctors could not revive him. More than 130 people turned
Little Kallista Heavey was just eight months old when she died suddenly in Paris of what was initially thought to be an allergic reaction. In the space of just a day, the bubbly baby turned into a very sick child because of what was later found to be heart disease. Now her family are campaigning to
Thomas and Debbie Heavey’s family holiday to Paris turned to tragedy when their eight-month-old daughter Kallista was suddenly struck down by a heart condition. But just nine months after losing their beloved daughter, the couple are preparing for a charity walk and hope the money they raise will help prevent another family from going through the
A car club in Crewe is set for a Mini adventure as it prepares for a charity drive. Crewe’s Missiles, a club which shares an appreciation for Minis, has organised the trip in support of CRY, a charity that raises awareness of cardiac risk in the young. Crewe’s Missiles member Joanne Woolrich, of Frank Webb Avenue,
Unexplained sudden death in the young is frequently recorded as sue to natural causes but experts now believe that many of these deaths can be attributed to Sudden Death Syndrome from inherited forms of heart muscle disorders and irregular heart beats. It is often difficult to consider that someone who is apparently young and fit may
Music fans are set to travel from far and wide to attend a concert in Malvern being staged by a Worcestershire band in tribute to a great friend of theirs who died after a cardiac malfunction. Fifty-eight-year-old Keith Jones of the band Rare Breed said they had sold nearly 200 tickets in less than a month
The family of Armagh school-boy John McCall – who died a result of a heart defect while playing rugby in 2004 – are advising all parents to have their children screened. Ian McCall this week told the Gazette that a new clinic – must launched at the University of Ulster in Jordanstown – could prevent other
Yetminster’s Dollywood Dancers celebrated their sixth birthday with afternoon tea and a birthday cake at the town’s Crafty Times tea room and also took the opportunity to launch their 2007 charity calendar. Last year’s calendar raised a substantial sum for St Margaret’s Hospice and this year founder Val Cookson decided its theme would be even more
An Armagh family are gearing up to take part in the Bupa Great North Run next month, all in the name of charity. The six brothers and one sister will run the half marathon in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on Sunday October 1 and all money raised will go to charity CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young. The
Preventing young sudden cardiac deaths through awareness, screening and research, and supporting affected families.
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