A California teen died suddenly January 13, after collapsing while playing on the field during P.E. class.
Lizbeth Perez, 13, a 7th-grader at Luiseno Elementary School in Temecula, Calif., died immediately, despite emergency resuscitation efforts by teachers and paramedics, CBSLA.com reported.
Perez had already overcome health challenges in her short life, after a diagnosis of cardiomyopathy disease of the heart muscle as an infant and a heart transplant at age 2.
According to her parents, their big-hearted daughter was ready to go when she collapsed.
For the last couple of weeks, she wanted to hug mom and say, Mom, I want to go home. And mom [said], You are home, Lizbeths father, Jorge Perez, told the news channel.
