Lewis Park in Courtenay was busy with softball players this weekend as the annual Robbie Thompson Slo-Pitch Tournament took over all three diamonds.

It’s been happening for the last 27 years and it all began to help the family of Thompson who needed a heart transplant at 18-months-old.

“…However they didn’t do pediatric heart transplants in BC at that time so we had to fly to Toronto to get it done and of course my dad lost his job, my mom had to go on leave from hers and they could have lost their home if the community didn’t rally to help us,” Thompson told CHEK News Sunday.

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Thompson has battled complications throughout his 27 years and is now remarkably on his third heart.

He’s also battled PTLD (Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders), a type of cance

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