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HELLO TO EVERYONE WHO VISITS MY PAGE ,IN MEMORY OF OUR SWEET DAUGHTER VICKY LEANNE JOHNSON AGED JUST 20 YRS , WHEN SHE COLLAPSED AND DIED OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH .

A MUM , DAUGHTER ,SISTER , FIANC'EE ,GRAND-DAUGHTER, COUSIN, NEICE

A MUCH LOVED GIRL , FULL OF JOY AND LIVELY, BUBBLY PERSONALITY.

 

in loving memory of our sweet darling daughter ,

lost at 20 yrs to s.d.s

(sudden death syndrome)

aug 31st 2003

                       

         vicky leanne johnson

Shannon Marie was just five months old when she lost her happy, carefree mum, Vicky Johnson,

a victim of Sudden Death Syndrome at the age of 20. They were just one day into their holiday in Whitby.

Says her mum, Jackie: “Vicky’s was a strange death because there was nothing to explain it.

“People ask, ‘How did she die?” I say of SADS, she collapsed. People can’t grasp that. We can’t explain that either. A fatal arrhymthmia of the heart. You can see in their faces they just don’t understand. ‘Oh, is it like cot death in babies?’ Well yes, it comes under the umbrella of that. It was such a sudden blow. Vicky was always so bubbly, full of energy.
 
She had blood pressure problems during pregnancy but she was as fit as anyone. She never complained of the signs that can sometimes present themselves – blacking out, dizziness. We had never even heard of the condition until her death.” 

Experts estimate that four to eight young people die suddenly each week in the UK of cardiac abnormalities.

Sudden Death Syndrome is an umbrella term used for the many different causes of cardiac arrest in young people.

Conditions include thickening or abnormal structure of the heart muscle and irregularities of the electrical impulse that upset the natural rhythm of the heart.

please help fight this terrible syndrome

best wishes

vickys family xxx