North Deltasa国际传媒檚 Colton Hasebe is BC Childrensa国际传媒檚 Hospital Foundationsa国际传媒檚 2018 Champion Child.
In a ceremony Tuesday morning at the foundationsa国际传媒檚 office in Vancouver attended by the Hasebe family, friends and representatives from the BCCHF and presenting sponsor Walmart Canada, the 12-year-old Richardson Elementary student took the reigns from .
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As a champion child, Colton and his family will be present at many major fundraising events for the hospital, speaking about his story and how the hospital has impacted him. Hesa国际传媒檒l also get to spend two weeks in March in Ottawa and Orlando, meeting other children representing hospitals around North America.
Taylin, 16, of Tsawwassen had some words of advice for her successor and fellow Deltan.
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Coltonsa国际传媒檚 story is a harrowing one. On Dec. 19, 2015, Colton suffered an asthma attack. His dad, Kevin Hasebe, drove him to BC Childrensa国际传媒檚 Hospital at 3 a.m. When they got there, Colton collapsed and went into cardiac arrest.
For 10 days, Colton was in the intensive care unit, where his family and caregivers waited until he could breath on his own. But when Colton came off the sedation, he couldnsa国际传媒檛 see. His voice was slurred and his body was weak. His brain, which had been deprived of oxygen for 15 minutes while he was in cardiac arrest, was swelling.
After his 10 days in the ICU, Colton was transferred to Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children. There, he made a nearly full recovery in only one month. Although Colton does have some permanent brain damage sa国际传媒� he has a tremor in his hands when he uses fine motor skills and he slurs slightly when he talks sa国际传媒� he has been able to return to a normal preteen life.
Lsat year Colton and his family went about as a way of giving back to those who helped save his life, and a few months later presented a cheque for $12,790 live on television during the 2017 Miracle Weekend broadcast.
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- with files from Grace Kennedy
editor@northdeltareporter.com
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