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Grayson Temple

Grayson Temple

Six weeks prior to Grayson’s death, his school nurse reported he had a fast pulse, low blood pressure and was feeling dizzy. In the coming weeks he was fatigued, not sleeping well and had what appeared to be a stomach bug. An at-home blood pressure check showed tachycardia and his heartbeat was extremely irregular. A referral to a pediatric cardiologist revealed an atrial flutter, but a few days following the diagnosis Grayson fainted. As he was getting a head CT he coded and passed away at just 16 years old.  Grayson’s grandfather died of “heart failure” at age 30, and genetic testing has since indicated Grayson was predisposed to cardiac arrhythmia. The Grayson Temple Act now requires SCA prevention education in Louisiana high schools.