Rep. Casten’s daughter died of a sudden cardiac arrhythmia

Democrat Sean Casten’s 17-year-old daughter, Gwen, died earlier this year from a sudden cardiac arrhythmia, the family noted in a statement.

“To put it in lay terms, she was fine and then her heart stopped,” he said expression explained, noting that the young woman was healthy and that the family did not know the reason for the heart problem.

“Gwen was a healthy teenager in 2022. She ate well, exercised, had regular physical exams, had no behavioral health problems, and had close relationships with family and friends. She was fully vaccinated and quarantined after an occasional positive. asymptomatic COVID testing during the Omicron wave. She had just come home from a night out with friends, went to bed and hadn’t woken up,” the family noted.

“We are heartbroken but we are not unique. Sudden, unexplained heart failure in young, healthy people is rare but real. We’re grasping at the wrong end of random chance,” the statement said. “None of us know when our last heartbeat will come. The best we can hope for is that when our loved ones die, we won’t regret the time we were lucky enough to share.”

In a June expressionthe family noted that the teenager should go to the University of Vermont.

“On Sunday night we had dinner as a family and then she went out with some friends for a couple of hours. When she got home, she said goodnight to Kara and I, texted a friend to make sure she got home safe, and didn’t wake up on Monday morning,” the statement read in June. “All we know about her death is that it was peaceful. And the only lesson we can take from this is to enjoy the moments you have with your loved ones.”

Casten, a Democrat from Illinois who entered office in 2019, is currently seeking re-election during the 2022 election campaign.