Football and Heart Conditions Just Don't Mix
Watching Damar Hamlin collapse on the field was both scary and eerily familiar.
Almost 16 years ago, my father stood up out of bed and promptly collapsed to the floor. He was 54 years-old, but had been living with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) since his late 40’s. The first time he passed out was terrifying, as were the second and the third. That last time, he wound up in the hospital for a few weeks and had an Implantable Card…