I walk because I know that with every step, I am saving lives.
Many of you probably already know that I work as a nurse in a Primary Stroke Center on the Neuro/Stroke unit and that heart disease can be a major risk factor for stroke.
Heart disease has also touched my personal life. In 2019 my husband had a STEMI (heart attack) in his early 40s. We had the best possible outcome because of the knowledge and experience of his healthcare team and the research available because of fundraisers like this. Then, just shy of 1 year after my husband's heart attack, my father at the age of 64, passed away from a sudden cardiac event. He was unfortunately home alone at the time, but it's possible if that wasn't the case even someone knowing bystander/compression only CPR may have given him a fighting chance to have been taken to a hospital for treatment.
We're all tied to heart disease and stroke in some way and you never know when something might happen to take a loved one from you far too soon. We have to change that. Will you help me?
Your donation will fund groundbreaking research that literally keeps hearts beating and helps people have longer, healthier lives.
Have a heart and help me reach my goal today.
