Rock legend Rod Stewart had the scare of a lifetime when his son, 11 year old Aiden, was rushed to a hospital in Scottland.
Aiden collapsed during a football match for his Young Hoops Under-12s team. Stewart told FourFourTwo.com magazine that his son appeared to be suffering a heart attack as he went “blue and unconscious” but it turned out to be a panic attack.
As a sufferer of Panic Attacks, they can easily appear to be heart attacks and the more concern shown often pushes the panic attack as the sufferer becomes more fearful.
“We thought my boy had a heart attack,” he told the outlet. “He was going blue and was unconscious until he calmed down. It was scary, but it turned out to be a panic attack. The lad wanted to do well, pulled on the Hoops in Scotland for his dad.”
“Another boy fell backwards and banged his head – he’s still not back,” Stewart added. “In all of my days watching football, that’s the only time two ambulances had been called.”
No word on when this occurred, but such a scary thing for a parent.