Cole is an active teenager who loves basketball. At age four, he was admitted to the Paediatric Critical Care Unit with unexplained kidney failure. Surgery to remove a dying colon was a success, but the cause of his kidney failure was still unclear.
While Cole was placed on dialysis and plasma exchange to help his kidneys, his expert team waited on genetic testing to confirm their suspicion—Cole had a rare blood disorder that was causing his kidneys to fail and his blood to clot.
After a life-saving amputation of his left arm and leg, Cole received a kidney transplant that changed his life. Now 17, Cole continues to thrive, recently competing with Team Ontario in wheelchair basketball at the 2023 Canada Games.
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