Callie Mitchell dies a week after she was found unconscious from a heart condition at a Texas cheer camp

A family in Texas is mourning after their 16-year-old daughter died unexpectedly after being found unconscious at a cheerleading camp in July.

Callie Marie Mitchell, a Katy resident, was attending camp at Texas A&M University when a coach discovered she was passing out. After performing CPR, she was rushed to Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, where she tragically died on August 1.

In an interview with I LOVE, Mitchell’s mother, Michelle, said the teen was “super excited” about camp. Before her daughter was discovered by the coach, he had called Mitchell’s parents to ask if she had trouble waking up in the morning.

Her mother, who is an assistant principal at Ranch High School, where her daughter attended, said she told the coach, “No, never.”

The parents credited the CPR coach that their actions at least allowed them to say goodbye to their daughter.

“If it wasn’t for (Coach) Eberly, we never would have had a chance to say goodbye,” said Michelle. “(She) always wanted to be a friend to everyone,” her father added.

“She would especially like them to believe in God and now that they are redeemed,” her mother also said.

That says her father in an interview with Kate magazine that he last spoke to his daughter the night before she was found unconscious.

“You could hear the joy and happiness in her voice,” he said.

Scott said his daughter likely died as a result of Long QT syndrome, “a heart signaling disorder that can cause rapid, chaotic heartbeats,” the spokesman said. Mayo clinic.

“For all the other parents out there, you know they do a physical exam every year…ECGs are not part of a physical…get an EKG,” Scott told KHOU, adding that Mitchell never had any warning signs. showed with regard to her health.

During the interview, her parents said Mitchell started cheering at the age of two. Last week, she was honored by the Universal Cheerleading Association when she was named an Honorary Lifetime All American Cheerleader.

One of her cheer coaches, Justin Castleberry, told Katy Magazine, “Some kids you connect with on a different level, and Callie was one of those kids. She brought joy and light to the room and to everyone she met.’

“You dream of coaching the kids you have such a close relationship with. When you coach, you don’t just coach the kid, you become part of their family,” he added, while also saying that his team will dedicate their season to Mitchell.

Mitchell’s faith is highlighted in an online obituary that says she even named her car “Faith.” Her latest Instagram story was a post that read, “His plan over mine.”

“She was like a charm,” her mother continued in the KHOU interview.

Her obituary notes Mitchell’s fondness for Chick-fil-A, Starbucks, Free Birds, queso, and Texas Roadhouse, along with “a special place in her heart for her French bulldogs, Eugene and Ruby.”

She has been referred to as a “devoted Taylor Swift fan.” The tribute also says that Mitchell had a “unique connection to time and would make a wish at 11:11 a.m., trusting the magic of the moment.”

At her family’s church, St. Mark Lutheran Church Houston, she had a front row seat and attended Great Adventure Camp, where she earned the title of Leader in Training, with the intention of becoming a counselor one day. That was in addition to volunteering in the community thanks to her participation in the National Charity League.

Mitchell aspired to become a child psychologist after leaving school.

“Callie had strong faith. She read her Bible daily and could often be found at Starbucks studying her Bible,” Scott told Katy Magazine.

Mitchell’s family organized one celebration of life on Tuesdays with a pink theme, her favorite color. Her cheer coach, named Denise, wrote in praise of the event, “I’ll always remember my giggly little girl!”

“I will carry your strength and joy forever wherever I go,” she said.

“It is comforting to know what a bright light she was to others and the impact she has made far and wide,” her family wrote in the invitation to the event.

In addition to her parents, Mitchell is survived by her six siblings.

a GoFundMe page was set up to help Mitchell’s family through this difficult time. At the time of writing, the page has raised over $34,000. The original goal was set at $25,000.

One of the employees was Villa Sports, where Mitchell had recently started working. Her brother, Luke, also works there.

Spurred on by the deaths of teens like Mitchell who die each year from sudden cardiac arrest, Texas lawmakers made their state the first to require public high school athletes to undergo an electrocardiogram in 2015.

The law, called Cody’s Law, is named after Cody Stephens, a teenage soccer player in the state who died suddenly in 2012.