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Originally Posted By Daannzzz From the Orlando Sentinel. "LAKE BUENA VISTA -- The 12-year-old boy who died after riding a Walt Disney World roller coaster had a congenital heart defect, a medical examiner determined today.""
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Oh well... congenital heart problem. The easy solution to every theme park's nightmare. Lucky for Universal, this kid didn't ride Hulk first.
Originally Posted By Coachbagfanatic1 Wow, and the parents never knew. Here they are thinking that their son is in perfect health. It is really scary to me that you can walk around with a heart defect and never know it unless tests were performed. My son is starting his testing/blood work as there is a family history of heart disease on my in-laws side of the family. He is not too happy about it but that's too bad. We were told by a cardiologist that plaque starts to build up around age 11. I don't understand why it's 11 and not sooner but who am I too argue. Truly heartbreaking. I feel such sorrow for the family.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Most people do not know they have heart problems either. Not just children. Why do you think there are so many people dropping dead daily with heart attacks and why heart desease is the number 1 killer in America? It could be you or me tomorrow.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN ^^^ that is why it's so convenient to blame all these theme park deaths on heart problems.
Originally Posted By Coachbagfanatic1 TDL I agree and yes I do know that heart disease is the #1 killer amongst people today. We have been dealing with heart disease in our family for over 25 years now. My truck knows how to get to the heart hospital all by itself.
Originally Posted By Coachbagfanatic1 ^^^ that is why it's so convenient to blame all these theme park deaths on heart problems. <<< You know, I was just talking to my husband about that same thing. Why is it that all of the deaths so happen to be heart related.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Look at how many deaths happen in high school sports for the same reason ....it's not just theme parks....any extra exertion at a certain point in time and these hidden time bombs go off. Some defects are eaasily detected...some are very well hidden from even the best of doctors and screenings
Originally Posted By leemac <<As you pointed out, look at all the money in the Eisners accounts. She got that by marrying smart! And that my friends is a reason to celebrate!>> Jane comes from money herself so I'm not sure money would have been a motivating factor for her. She sure did marry smart though. She is always a very gracious host.
Originally Posted By Ursula We could look at this such as the kid could have died anywhere. If they were not on vacation, chances are he could have expired riding his bike or playing at school. At least they were in a happy place and hopefully had a great vacation. The first report said they had checked out that morning, I wonder how long the trip was. Maybe I'm just trying to find the good? I dunno. I still feel awful for the kid and his family.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Here is some more detail about the autopsy <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/06/30/ap2852726.html" target="_blank">http://www.forbes.com/technolo gy/feeds/ap/2006/06/30/ap2852726.html</a> >>The 12-year-old boy who died after riding a Walt Disney World roller coaster had a congenital heart defect, a medical examiner ruled Friday. The autopsy of Michael Russell was done one day after he passed out while riding Disney-MGM's Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. His father, an Iraq war veteran, performed CPR on the boy, but Michael was pronounced dead at a hospital. "No evidence of injury was found but congenital heart abnormalities were detected, which will be further evaluated," the Orange County medical examiner's office said in a statement. The cause of death was left pending until additional test are conducted, Dr. Sara H. Irrgang, an associate medical examiner, ruled. <<
Originally Posted By danyoung >I first heard about this when my grandmother called me up to tell me I shouldnt go on the ride anymore and I definitely shouldnt bring my 11 yr old brother. Im sorry but Im not going to to stop going on one of our favorite rides at WDW.< With all due respect to grandma, please don't let an incident like this scare you off of an attraction. In fact, after a fatality on a ride, that ride would be just about the safest place to be, what with all of the inspections and scrutiny.
Originally Posted By danyoung >At least they were in a happy place and hopefully had a great vacation....Maybe I'm just trying to find the good? I dunno.< Actually, I'd think just the opposite. If it happened while he was home or at school, then it just becomes one of those things. But now Walt Disney World, that place that we all love and dream about, will hold nothing but a nightmare memory for this family. And that is very very sad.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb got to agree with danyoung on both of the above points. Reguardless, how tragically sad for the family.
Originally Posted By dizneed I thought this would be interesting for those who want to know about Congenital Heart Defects <a href="http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=12012" target="_blank">http://www.americanheart.org/p resenter.jhtml?identifier=12012</a>
Originally Posted By Coachbagfanatic1 I agree too DY, I don't think Disney would be my favorite vacation spot anymore if that were to happen to us. If I were able to go on RnRc, I would still go on. It had nothing to do with the ride itself. Like VB and Ursula stated, it could have happened anywhere.
Originally Posted By Coachbagfanatic1 Dizneed, great info. My nephew was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease when he was 2. He was in the PICU for 3 weeks and now has to be tested every 6 months for heart defects and other things of that nature. It was a scary thing to see him in the hospital and not know if he was going to make it. He came through with flying colors and is now 5 but we have to keep a close watch on him.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>We have been dealing with heart disease in our family for over 25 years now.<< Well, in December 2004, days before Xmas.. we had to rush my father from his hotel at WDW to Disney's Celebration Resort Hospital, then airlifted to a real hospital in downtown Orlando for a triple by-pass emergency operation. So I know what it feels like to be impacted by heart desease.
