We’re proud to announce our new series of videos with five survivors talking openly and succinctly about their cardiac arrest lived experiences. Not knowing what the future holds can be a very worrying time after an SCA and one way to reduce this anxiety is to learn about other survivors’ experiences. Everyone’s SCA and recovery … Read more
Jade is our infertility baby, who arrived after four years of trying. She was born prematurely at nearly 30 weeks gestation in February 2001. I was taken to Aberdeen’s Maternity Hospital after I saw a midwife about my symphysis pubis dysfunction. From my urine sample, she discovered I had too much protein. I still didn’t … Read more
After I had a sudden cardiac arrest, I used to tell people that I died. It just felt right because the use of the term was commensurate with the gravity and significance of the event, at least to me. I was clinically dead for 15 minutes or so, with my heart not beating nor my … Read more