Dom Parrish didn’t start wrestling until her sister’s heart attack as a seventh-grader. Now they inspire each other.
Dom Parrish at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, April 19-20, Bryce Jordan Center, State College, Pa. She was 3 when her dad, Mike, and mom, Susan, decided a 14-foot trampoline would be fun for the whole family. Living on 16 acres nestled in the woods, they had plenty of space for it.“It dominates the room,” Mike said. “Their friends would come over after school and walk in the door and their mouths would drop.
A history teacher, Tom Milnes, jumped into action to keep Tatiana alive. She was rushed to the nearest hospital, where she was stabilized and later transferred to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. A friend of Dom’s suggested she sign up for wrestling. Dom had no interest. But when the sign-up sheet went up, her friend signed her up anyway.“I don’t remember loving it,” she said. “I just kept doing it.”“Physical activity is key in the face of depression and anxiety,” he said. “You’re just hanging out with your friends, not focusing on blood, knives or needles.”
Finally, after six months in critical care, Tatiana received a heart transplant. She was 14 and “made a miraculous recovery,” Mike said. “When Dom started wrestling it was like a fish to water,” he said. “She was good at it. She liked beating up on the boys.”Dom finished second in states her sophomore year, then went undefeated her junior and senior years to win back-to-back California state titles.
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