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Alison Runs from the Heart

Sandbach woman, Alison Leigh, has been fund-raising again for the British Heart Foundation and CRY– Cardiac Risk in the Young, in memory of her brother. Alison lost her brother, Jonny, to Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) before he reached his 21st birthday and since then she and her family have raised over £50,000 for CRY. Alison takes up the story, “Jonny was fit and healthy, he loved life and he especially loved football, playing for loads of different teams to a really high standard. He was a trainee surveyor and that day he’d received details about his day release course, he was so happy and looking forward to doing well; he went out with his friends and was home before midnight. “He must have gone on the computer, picked his fantasy football teams for the weekend and then gone to bed and in very simple, sad terms, he never woke up. His death happened in 2005 and changed our family forever; but, SADS is still little understood, it’s sometimes linked to undiagnosed heart conditions, but it remains, in most instances a mystery”, added Alison. Family-owned Swansway Motor Group, where Alison works in Accounts at Crewe VW, have supported Alison all the way by donating to her amazing fundraising work.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Karen Walker .