Ingrid Gardner
Sudden cardiac arrest survivor with an ICD, sharing my story of recovery and raising awareness
Tattoo or NOTattoo
It wasn’t until my first ‘re-birthday’ that I (or rather a bunch of my friends) decided that we should get matching tattoos as a sign of solidarity, friendship, strength and for me, survival. So off we all went the day after my first ‘re-birthday’ and got matching permanent ink stamps on various parts of our ...
Time is a great healer
I’ve seen many posts in our Facebook group from survivors questioning recovery time. So, as a survivor almost 5 years post-arrest I thought I would share some of my own experiences and thoughts around this. As per many others, on discharge from the hospital, I wasn’t given any information about my ‘condition’ (I was diagnosed ...
Thoughts from a befuddled brain
06.10.17 #feelinggrateful Exactly a year ago a woman entered my life in the most selfless way. She entered as my hero. She did one of the bravest things that can be asked of a person, she saved my life. Despite thinking that she may be facing a drunken hooligan clutching a takeaway and not very ...