I suffered a heart attack and a separate sudden cardiac arrest exactly 1 week apart in February 2021. When I came around, other than being strapped to an ECG monitor I felt ok and determined not to look back but always forward. I left the hospital 7 days after arriving, complete with a new S-ICD … Read more
How our story turned into a novel with a CPR message The worst moment of our lives happened half an hour into Halloween. A noise that sounded like snoring woke me up – but when I tried to nudge my partner to turn over, he didn’t respond at all. Within seconds, I was calling 999 … Read more
The Grandfather It was early on a freezing morning in January 1937. Having survived 4 years of World War 1 and several as a serving soldier, Joseph had left the Army in 1931. He settled with his wife and four children in Surrey, the eldest was 17, the youngest 9. Today, aged 43, he was … Read more