“I am certain had we not been informed through EP Save A Life, we would’ve never know about my heart defect.”

“I was shocked and scared that I had a heart abnormality, but within a week after my surgical procedure, I was back on the basketball court with no restrictions. The diagnosis has changed my life because I can be as active as I want to be, without fear of discomfort or worse.”

“The screening was on my birthday and I didn’t want to go! As it turned out, it likely saved my life and I am forever grateful.”

My son was screened through the foundation and thankfully all was well. I’ll always be in debt to your family since I couldn’t afford it at the time and my son was going through a rough patch with his health. Getting to know his heart is healthy was one of the best moments in my life.

Through your recent screening, we discovered a possibly life-threatening connective tissue disorder in my daughter. We NEVER would have discovered this risk if it wasn’t for your selflessness.

Found out my son has a bicuspid aortic valve. His heart has to work harder than the average heart, so as he gets older, he may have to have treatment. Without this program, we would have never known.

I wasn’t able to make the screening yesterday, so had all three of our kids get EKGs at Rady Children’s Hospital. Thankfully, I took your advice to screen because our 11-year-old’s EKG was abnormal.

My son had consecutive fainting episodes at home and after a hospital EKG we were assured he was fine. When we attended your youth heart screening, and after noting the fainting episodes on the cardiac risk assessment, he got both an EKG and an echo, the latter revealing PFO. We don’t have his complete genetic history so we cannot thank you enough for this screening.

I cannot thank you enough for the opportunity to present Certificates of Recognition at your screening. If it was not for meeting you, I would not have been screened and found my heart abnormality. I mean it when I say you guys saved my life.