It was only a week ago that Justin Hamilton’s son Rowan came to his parents to report feeling unwell, saying he thought he might need to see a doctor.

“Rowan had explained to us that he, to myself and his mother, that he had a rapid heart rate, especially when he was going to stand up,” Hamilton said.

“His vision would blur, get dark. He had a greenish mucus, blood in the mucus. Shortness, extreme shortness of breath, like really tight chest and, you know, it was enough for him to come to us and, you know, express concern and he wanted us to create, you know, if we could set an appointment for him, to go to the doctor.”

Hamilton said his wife took 20-year-old Rowan to urgent care first, where they immediately sent him over to Surrey Memorial Hospital’s emergency room as the urgent care

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