Trent is doing Jump Rope For Heart at his school and learning about kids, like him, with special hearts. He is also learning about his own heart, and how to take care of it. And his getting active and jumping rope!
Please help him save lives and be a Heart Hero!
When we face the inevitable dark days of life, we must choose how we will respond. Will we allow ourselves to sink even more deeply into our own sadness or will we do that difficult work of pulling ourselves out? We bring light to the dark days of life by turning first to God, and then to trusted family members and friends. Then, we must go to work solving the problems that confront us. When we do, the clouds will eventually part, and the sun will shine once more within us.
As some of you are aware, back in 2008 Trent was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome is a heart rhythm problem (arrhythmia) caused by an extra abnormal electrical pathway in the heart. In a normal heart, electrical impulses travel from the upper chambers (atria) to the lower chambers (ventricles) in an organized, rhythmic pattern through the atrioventricular node ? or AV node.
In people with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, there's an extra pathway between the upper and lower chambers of the heart, which allows the electrical signals to bypass the AV node. When electrical signals travel through this abnormal detour, the signals reach the ventricles too early ? a condition called preexcitation. Electrical signals can also travel through the AV node and then go back up the extra pathway, which can create a short circuit and lead to fast heart rate (tachycardia).
That summer his heart was able to be fixed and now he is healthy! Please help me raise money for the American Heart Association and be a Heart Hero!
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