Remembering Jonathon in aid of CRYIreland
Hi there.
The Cumiskey family need your help to raise funds for the amazing organisation CRY Ireland.
CRY.ie Cardiac Risk in the Young.
This organisation work hard to raise awareness of the condition known as Sudden Cardiac Death or Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) through media campaigns and information meetings.
They provide free counselling and support for families affected by sudden death or cardiac conditions and support the Centre for Cardiovascular Risk in Younger Persons (CRYP).
Members of the Cumiskey family are preparing to walk the Camino to thank CRY (Ireland) for saving their fathers life.
On the 26th of July 2018 the Cumiskey family’s world was turned upside down by the sudden death of their eldest son, Jonathon who was only 33 years old. Jonathon died from a heart related condition.
We contacted CRY and within a short time we were all scheduled an appointment to go and have our hearts screened in their centre in Tallaght, Dublin.
The CRY team put our family through a very thorough and intensive heart screening process, over a few weeks our family had several visits to the CRY centre and from the moment we made the initial phone call to the centre the CRY team could not have done enough for us. They were extremely professional but also showed our family care, empathy and support during a time of tremendous grief and anxiety.
At our last visit Maeve and Bernard Cumiskey received an Angiogram test. To our absolute shock Bernards results were not so good. The CR consultant, Dr David Mulcahy, informed him that he had a severe heart condition and needed to have surgery as soon as possible. Bernard was admitted to Tallaght Hospital there and then and had his surgery 8 days later. The CRY team saved his life; if not for their intensive heart screening he would never have known he had a critical heart condition.
We will be forever grateful to CRY, hence our commitment to participate in the next CRY Camino walk, to raise funds for CRY, and to commemorate Jonathan’s short life.
CRY is an amazing organisation and our family cannot thank them enough for all they have done for us.
You really never know when you might need them.
All donations are greatly appreciated.
