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>> We are back with the story
for parents who have kids in
sports. The number one killer
of student athletes in this
country is sudden cardiac
arrest.
>> And that’s why for 9 years
now, KPRC 2 has partnered with
the Cody Stephens Foundation to
provide lifesaving test for
free KPRC. 2 S Bill Spencer
reporting tonight on 2 upcoming
screening events. >> And this is where I had my
>> And this is where I had my
cardiac arrest. That happened
right here at my desk.
>> It’s a moment that Kendall
Mcanulty will never forget the
evening of January. 29th 2021
when she suddenly suffered a
heart attack at just 18 years
old and very nearly died. >> And right here, this is
>> And right here, this is
where your mom did you see the
arts and you’re like, yes,
at the time, Kendall was a
strong athletic high school
tennis player. You never shown any symptoms of heart trouble
any symptoms of heart trouble
for week to serve any time.
>> After my cardiac arrest, I
was in the hospital for 2 weeks
and I was on life support for 3 days. Your daughter looks
3 days. Your daughter looks
like Wonder, Woman. She says 6
feet tall. She’s playing on the
tennis team. Would you have
ever dreamed that she would
have a heart attack? >> No, this is not something.
>> No, this is not something.
But you ever expect anybody,
especially not having any kind
of history of heart diagnosis? Certainly not at the age of 18.
Certainly not at the age of 18.
>> Now to save all of us, the
agony of ever losing a child to
a kidney heart defect, like the
one that nearly killed candle KPRC TV is partnering with the
KPRC TV is partnering with the
Cody Stephens Foundation
offered to totally free
in-depth heart screenings for
kids ages 11 to 25. The screenings offer young
screenings offer young
fast. Payless Electric car.
Do you Graham tests that can
detect hidden the heart
problems that a normal sports
exam just can’t the first one, the Missouri City community.
the Missouri City community.
Hard screening is this Sunday,
July 17th, one to 4 o’clock in
the afternoon at the Missouri City Recreation Center. The
City Recreation Center. The
next is the Sugar Land Fire and
EMS community. Hard screening on Saturday, July 23rd 11 to 2
on Saturday, July 23rd 11 to 2
James Reese career and
Technical Center, Melanie
Stevens, whose own son Cody, a
star football player, died 10
years ago from a hidden heart defect. Nobody knew about says
defect. Nobody knew about says
traditional sports exams aren’t
enough. Cody had plenty of them
and he died anyway.
>> He passed every physically
never had. The problem is the physicals that we’re doing.
physicals that we’re doing.
Alright, adequate.
>> Thanks to our generous
sponsors, Memorial Hermann
Sugar Land Saint Luke’s Hospital Sugar Land. The city
Hospital Sugar Land. The city
of Missouri City and Sugar Land
Fire and EMS. These lifesaving
tests. Our absolutely free for
your children. As for candle,
she encourages all kids to come because after all, your life is
because after all, your life is
at stake.
>> Just by getting a simple
pkg that takes less than 2
minutes. Here’s saving your entire future.
entire future.
>> Once again, I cannot stress
how invaluable this kind of
in-depth heart testing can be.
If you go to the hospital and
to the doctor to have this done, it could cost you
done, it could cost you
literally hundreds of dollars
even with insurance. But again,
we’re offering all of this
absolutely free. These tests
are fast, completely painless.
There’s no shots, no blood drawn, no pain whatsoever.
drawn, no pain whatsoever.
And just get everyone in the
family just a little more peace
of mind.
>> Yeah, it’s just you know,
it’s so incredibly stupid not
to do it. I mean, I had a chance to do this as a kid.
chance to do this as a kid.
I would have done it. The
reason I became aware of all
this.
>> My father suffered a heart
attack and died. He was 40
years old. But I mean that stuck with me. I was only 6 of
stuck with me. I was only 6 of
the time. I mean, that is stuck
with me. My entire life.
And then when I would see guys
on the tennis team in college
who are having trouble, I mean,
scared the heck out of me right
now. Absolutely. In concert seem and appears so healthy
seem and appears so healthy
that.
>> You would never know until
something happened. You don’t
get to see the first the first
symptom in many of these cases
is they have the heart attack
and they die. That’s the person. All right. So worth
person. All right. So worth
going and getting checked for
Free. Bill, thank you for that.
>> All right. We have some more
information about both of the
upcoming heart screenings on our website. Just in case you
our website. Just in case you
missed it, you are asked to
register to register your