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The old adage it takes a village REGION REGION to raise a child has never rang more true. It’s been an uphill battle for Sean Hackett and his wife Roxanne Kamula since their second son, Ar.CA .COM cher, was born in November 2014 with a rare congenital heart condition known as Long Q-T Syndrome (LQTS), but there’s been plenty of Five-month-old Archer Hackett support along the way and the cou- has Long Q-T Syndrome and is ple is hopeful their experience will at risk of sudden cardiac arrest. help others and increase awareness He and others will benefit from for heart and stroke initiatives. increased CPR training in the Archer is at risk of sudden car- community. diac arrest. “Typically babies born with his severity of Long Q-T do not and Stroke Foundation and a local survive,” said Hackett. “At four days paramedic team will take part in old Archer was at Sick Kids Hospi- the Heart and Stroke Ride for Heart tal in Toronto getting a pacemaker May 31. Hackett hopes to tow Archer and and having surgical interventions to reduce his risk of cardiac arrest. his brother Declan, 2, in a bike trailThe surgeries were successful but er for the event. “Our intention now is to ensure not without complications, and Archer fought for over a week to pull that Archer sees his life as a positive one, that he is a survivor, not sick,” through.” Hackett and Kamula, Renfrew said Hackett. County advanced care paramedics, have teamed up with the Heart See FAMILY, page 11 .CA
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Tea time at OLF Rocking round the clock in their poodle skirts Saturday afternoon at the Linens and Lace Mother’s Day Tea at Our Lady of Fatima Church were, from left, Bernie Mortimer, Cathy Thompson, Cathy Underwood and Gladys Clarke. The 2015 table hostesses were Pauline Hughes, Diana Larocque, Laurie Skerkowski, Ella Box, Charlotte Cleroux, Shirley Ann Holley and her daughters, Sharon Schroeder, Annette Louis, Cathy Hunt, Debbie Enright, Philene Richard, Sharon Gilmore, Roxanne Nolan, Darlene White, Peggy Roy, Anne Kenopic, Stacey Hill, Gail Reid, Bernie Mortimer, Kate Thompson, Jean Hughes, Natasha Goulet, Janet Goulet, Crystal Legris, Stacia Prince, Joan Stafford, Lynda Coulas, Darlene Meleski, Nancy Guyea, Nellie Kingsbury and Laurie Campbell. For more photos from the event, see Page 20.
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