Democrat Sean Casten’s 17 year-old daughter Gwen passed away earlier this year due to sudden cardiac arrythmia, the family noted in a statement today. “In layman’s terms, she was fine, and then her heart stopped,” the statement explained, noting that the young woman was healthy and the family does not know the reason the heart issue occurred.
“Gwen was a healthy 2022 teenager. She ate well, exercised, got regular check-ups, didn’t suffer from any behavioral health issues, and had close relationships with family and friends. She was fully vaccinated, and quarantined after occasional positive, asymptomatic COVID tests during the omicron wave. She had just come home from an evening with friends, went to bed and didn’t wake up,” the family noted.
“We are heartbroken, but we are not unique. Sudden, unexplained heart-failure among young, healthy people is rare but real. We are left grasping at the wrong end of random chance,” the statement read. “None of us know when our last heartbeat will come. The best we can hope for is that when our loved ones do pass, we will have no regrets about the time we were lucky enough to share.”
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