Cross Country Siblings

October 29, 2021 5:09 am Published by

Susan Bergeman a 14yr old high school cross-country runner in Wisconsin doesn’t run solo but while pushing the wheelchair that carries Jeffrey Bergeman, Susan’s 15-year-old brother.

 

She says “He loves running. “I think it helps me get even closer to my brother.”

 

Susan was a year old when Jeffrey, then 22-months-old, suffered a sudden cardiac arrest that deprived his brain of oxygen for 20 minutes. Jeffrey was left with severe brain damage and a diagnosis of cerebral palsy.

 

“They’ve always had this very close relationship and she’s never really seen him any other way,” Jess Bergeman, the mother of Susan and Jeffrey, says. “They’ve grown up together and this has always been her normal.”

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This post was written by Dave Palmer