NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) – A Tennessee family says doctors have no idea why their son, who they say was in great health and active, had a heart attack at age 12 that left him hospitalized with extensive brain damage.
Sammy Silverman, now 13, should be starting the eighth grade at Blackman Middle School in Murfreesboro. Instead for the past six weeks, he and his parents, Adam and Janette Silverman, have been at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital in Nashville, WSMV reports.
Sammy’s parents say doctors still don’t know why their son, who they say was in great health and active, had a heart attack at age 12.
“You never think, ‘Hey, that’s going to happen to my kid,’” Janette Silverman said. “Then, it does.”
Sammy’s parents say it started in July when he came down with a stomach bug. Almost two days later, everyone thought he was feeling better.
“He …