On the afternoon of February 20, 2023, Alicia, who was 10 then, was skating with her church youth group. While skating she started to feel dizzy, so she was told to sit and rest. Instead, Alicia jumped back up and skated out to the rink. While skating, she bent down to fix her skate, being accidentally knocked down. She got scared, and jumped up to her feet, only to crumple to the ground due to a sudden cardiac arrest. Alicia lay on the wooden floor turning blue! Thankfully, the skating rink had an AED donated through the Peyton Walker Foundation!

Alicia was rushed to the hospital. The following day, she had a second sudden cardiac arrest while in PICU. The second arrest (while hooked up to monitors) helped lead to her diagnosis of CPVT. After 16 days in the ICU, she had an ICD implanted. According to one of the many doctors who treated Alicia, she had no sign of brain damage because of the quick actions of bystanders who initiated CPR and used the AED. She and her family celebrated her 11th birthday in April after the incident.