Every February, Bill T., a 57-year-old television freelancer who covers sporting events, heads to Florida for Boston Red Sox’s spring training. A typical day for him begins with a three-mile walk with his wife. On one particular morning walk in 2018, Bill felt a pain in his chest that would come and go. He chalked it up to acid reflux caused by his hiatal hernia.

When the Mansfield, Massachusetts native returned home, he followed up with his cardiologist. Bill had a stress test and EKG, which both came back normal.

As a multi-hyphenate professional ballerina-radio personality-stand-up comedienne, Carolyn P. from Hartford, Connecticut poured much of her boundless energy and her heart and soul into her first love as a dancer. As the principal dancer, director and choreographer with CONNetic Dance, Carolyn was looking forward to the debut of “Nutcracker Suite & Spicy” that she was instrumental in bringing to the stage.

However, in December 2017, right before the opening, that all changed after a freak fall on ice that left her with a traumatic ankle injury.