DOVER – Gene Thornton, a longtime advocate for the American Heart Association in Kent County, recently penned a guest opinion for the Delaware State News.
She discussed her experiences with “broken heart syndrome” and offered insights for others to better understand what she had been through.
Ms. Thornton followed up with a nice note to Managing Editor Andrew West about compliments she had received.
“I wanted to share one in particular with you that I just heard about a few minutes ago,” she wrote. “One of my mom’s friend’s daughters was scheduled for an Angioplasty. She was afraid and didn’t know what to expect. She read my Op Ed on Sunday before her procedure on Monday. She said it put her mind at ease and really helped her through it.
“Isn’t that wonderful? If you can touch just one person, it makes it all worthwhile.”
