“Her heart just stopped,” girl diagnosed with rare heart condition, family seeking donations

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – A young girl in Walton County had her whole life changed in the matter of a day, after tragedy struck her school.

On April 7, Sadie Long of Santa Rosa Beach suddenly collapsed at school, after not feeling well. Medical crews rushed Sadie to a hospital in Pensacola, where her parents discovered she had a heart abnormality.

“I got a phone call from her school, and they said, ‘Hey, Sadie’s passed out on the playground like this is something very severe. Her heart just stopped, we just got insanely lucky, the grace of God,” said Rose Whitmoyer, Sadie’s mother…

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