After [four] more rounds of CPR, in front of us, the doctor stated, ‘We are sorry, we have done all we could.’ I passed out. It made no sense. How can this happen? He wasn’t sick. He had no health issues. He had no heart problems. I demanded an autopsy because I was sure someone had killed my son. My ONLY SON… MY BABY! I told them to check for poison… for anything that could have been snuck into his food or drink, and to look for a needle mark in case someone stuck a needle in him to murder him… but none of that was true… I was spinning out of control.
We were devastated because this doesn’t just happen to healthy young men. We waited [six] weeks for the autopsy to be performed. But when the initial report came back, it showed no reason for his cardiac arrest. So they did more extensive testing that is not normally done. The results were shocking. When the medical examiner called me to explain the autopsy, I was in such shock that I STILL couldn’t believe what he was saying. He assured me I need not worry about anything genetic causing my son’s death. That I do not need to be concerned about my daughter or my grandchildren having a heart condition, unless they drank energy drinks. His last words to me were, ‘warn others to stay away from these energy drinks that ultimately stopped your son’s heart.’
My son’s toxicology report came back negative to everything except stimulants.
At that point, I started [to] research and was shocked to find out my son was not an isolated case. Actually, he is by far not the only death at the hands of these. Other deaths have been linked directly to energy drinks but sadly there are no restrictions and no regulations on these drinks because they pose as ‘supplements.’ Therefore the FDA does no testing. People often compare these drinks to multiple cups of coffee, and they are not the same thing. People who buy energy drinks are being deceived because the amount of caffeine they see on the label is not factual. There are multiple masked forms of additional caffeine sources and stimulants that are included in the ‘proprietary energy blends.’
