SHERIDAN — On Wednesday, 11-year-old Emerson Kelley went to school as if it were any other day. She joked with friends. She participated in class.

She also, alongside her parents, presented Woodland Park Elementary School with an automated external defibrillator. 

The gift, paid for primarily with the help of family and friends, marked one year from when Emerson collapsed while walking into the school. Doctors later diagnosed her with congenital long QT, which according to the Mayo Clinic, is “a heart rhythm condition that can cause fast, chaotic heartbeats” that may trigger fainting spells, seizures or sudden death.

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