Exciting news from Dysautonomia International’s 6th Annual Conference, being held in Nashville, TN this weekend!
Tori and Nick Foles, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback and Super Bowl LII MVP, will assist Dysautonomia International in raising awareness and supporting critically-needed POTS research funding.
Tori has POTS and she and Nick participated in a panel discussion during this weekend’s conference. During the panel, entitled “Facing POTS: One Family’s Story of Devotion, Love & Service,” the Foles discussed a host of topics – how they met, Tori’s struggle to get her POTS diagnosed, medical appointments, getting engaged at Mayo Clinic (something only a dysautonomia patient would understand!), marriage, parenting, the hectic nature of an NFL life, their deep Christian faith and the challenges that dysautonomia patients confront each day.
The panel discussion was recorded and will be posted on the Dysautonomia International’s Autonomic Disorders Video Library (link) on Tuesday, June 26th. That’s the same day Nick’s new book, Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure and Overcoming the Odds, will be released.
Nick told the audience that Dysautonomia International is among the charitable organizations that will receive profits from the book. Others will include local churches and Christian organizations. Nick and Tori have also personally donated to Dysautonomia International.
“We’re blessed that we have this chance to help raise awareness about POTS and dysautonomia and to contribute to very badly-needed research,” said Foles. “We want to support places and causes we are a part of, and where our hearts lead us. It’s important to us that we touch as many lives as possible.”
The Foles contribution from Believe It will go to Dysautonomia International’s POTS Research Fund (www.CurePOTS.org). Dysautonomia International created the POTS Research Fund in December 2013 to provide a dedicated stream of funding for POTS research. To date, the organization has issued $950,000 in POTS research grants. Their personal contribution will go towards research, physician education, public awareness and patient empowerment programs.
In Believe It, co-authored by Joshua Cooley and published by Tyndale Momentum, Nick writes candidly about Tori’s struggle with POTS. Stay tuned to the Dysautonomia Dispatch for an excerpt from Believe It on June 26th!
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