This November, Tedy’s Team Rookie, Marissa Gross, will be running her first marathon as a member of our 2023 TCS New York City Marathon team in honor of her mom, Cathy. In December of 2020, at just 62-years old, Cathy suffered a rare stroke, known as a Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST), that put her
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Today, my family and I are celebrating our son, Liam’s, 2nd birthday! And, in 3 days, I will be running the Boston Marathon in Liam’s honor as my stroke hero. In February of 2022, we took Liam to urgent care for what we now know to have been infantile spasms. We were sent away
I have lived in Kennebunk, Maine since 2005 with my husband and family that now consists of two daughters ages 19 and 14, one son aged five, two dogs, a cat and even a horse. We moved here from northern Vermont to live on the seacoast. I am a mother/wife, classroom teacher, yoga teacher and
“I dare you to train for a marathon, and not have it change your life.” – Susan Sidoriak Those words perfectly sum up my experience as I trained for the Boston Marathon with Tedy’s Team. When I first stumbled upon Tedy’s Team I was immediately drawn to its mission. Helping raise awareness of the signs
Earlier this month, Tedy and Heidi Bruschi, joined friends, stroke survivors, Tedy’s Team runners, researchers, and MGH Institute of Health Professions (IHP) community members, to officially open the Tedy’s Team Center of Excellence in Stroke Recovery at the IHP. The event, which was held on the second floor of the Sanders IMPACT Practice Center at
In 2018, when my younger sister, Emily, was just 18 years old and a freshman in college, she suffered a stroke. She was sitting in her chemistry lecture at the University of New Hampshire and started to feel a little bit off. She excused herself from class to take a moment to collect herself when
I lost my dad, Bill Trask, suddenly in 2006 at age 51. My dad had an irregular heartbeat, also known as arrhythmia. He didn’t tell our family about it likely because he didn’t want us all to worry. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to say good-bye to my dad, but he is watching over me every