An unexpected cardiac arrest claimed the life of a 16-year-old schoolgirl while she slept in her bed at home.
On December 14, Andressa Santos Monteiro passed away in her Anapolis, west-central Brazil, home.
“A few days ago she had a seizure at school. Then, unfortunately, she fell ill at home. I’m the mother of my niece’s heart, it hurts so much.”
According to local media accounts, her grandma found her dead at home. Andressa was transported to the hospital in an effort to save her, but nothing worked.
She was declared dead by medical personnel, and cardiac arrest was found to be the cause of death.
Remaining anonymous, her grieving friend said: “We knew that from time to time she had these seizures, but nobody knew what it was.
The gifted adolescent participated in Miss Teen Anapolis in 2020 and had several goals for the future, including attending college.She was gifted in gymnastics and had a strong interest in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Senador Onofre Quinan State College of the Military Police (CEPMG) was where she was enrolled.
In her hometown of Anapolis, which is home to almost 390,000 people, the mourning family laid to rest Andressa on December 15. They will now have to spend Christmas without her.
Although cardiac arrest in young people is still extremely unusual, there is no recognised cause for Andressa’s heart attack. This year, there have been a few reported occurrences in Brazil, including one really dreadful incident involving a small child.
Luiz Miguel Furtado Barbosa, seven, died in October after suffering seven heart attacks after he was stung by a Brazilian yellow scorpion.
She said to Brazilian newspaper O Globo: “As soon as he put (the shoe) on, he screamed in pain. As we didn’t find what had stung him, we kept looking. But his leg started to turn red and he said that the pain was increasing.
“That’s when I imagined that it really was a scorpion and that I needed to find it to find out which one it was.”
The family found the culprit scorpion around five minutes later as little Luiz was rushed to the University of Sao Paulo Faculty of Medicine Clinics Hospital.
