| Graduation Year | Class of 2005 |
| Date of Passing | Feb 04, 2008 |
| About | On April 10, 1987, God gave us a son, a grandson, a brother a nephew, a friend and his name was Jonathan Mason-Davis. Not only was he a blessing to us, he was a blessing to everyone who knew him. He never gave our family a moment of trouble. Simply put, Jonathan was a good boy who grew up to be a loving, honest, trustworthy, goal-oriented young man. Yet, twenty years later, when he was a sophomore at Ohio University Chilicothe, God re-claimed his child on February 4, 2008 while doing what he loved. He was at basketball practice and had just gone down the court to make a lay up and when he turned to run back he collapsed to his knees. He was a victim of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; some people call this an enlarged heart or athlete’s heart. Jonathan suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while playing basketball. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Jonathan was a healthy boy, so we thought. As we learned after his passing, he suffered from a type of heart disease that many are unaware of until it happens to them. Jonathan died suddenly and unexpectedly. We can not be sure if the condition was genetic or viral. The doctors said that nothing could be done to save Jonathan when his heart suddenly failed. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a disease that affects the heart muscle. The most consistent feature is thickening of the walls of the heart muscle. Because of this disease it is our desire to raise awareness and provide screenings for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in order to prevent sudden cardiac arrest among young people. |
