This is my little brother Shakeel… he’s 10 years old, in grade five and a budding hockey player and video game enthusiast. 
Love him to death!
This past October, Shakeel had a horrible accident where he fell close to 40 feet in to a gulley off a rope swing. He was rushed to Abbotsford’s new hospital by ambulance and before even entering the hospital, was helivac’d to Children’s Hospital. He was treated in emergency for a broken arm and a very serious head trauma. While unconcious and on a breathing tube, he was in the Children’s Intensive Care Unit for three days (seemed like months).
Shakeel was EXTREMELY lucky and we were told that repeatedly. He not only survived the fall against most odds, but he also did no injury to his neck or spine and his brain swelling was not nearly as bad as originally thought and he was moved up to the neuro ward for the remainder of his stay there.
He still has some language issues and will need some help getting it all back but every day he gets a little closer to the old Shak! And I’m soooo happy about that.
Every year we donate to Children’s Hospital but this year, for obvious reasons, we’re feeling a little bit more thankful that we have such an amazing facility in our area… and they really are amazing. So let’s have some fun!!! 
For every comment we get on this post, we’ll donate $1 to BC’s Children’s Hospital… So comment anytime between now and Sunday December 13th at midnight! Get your friends to comment… get your family to comment… get your co-workers to comment… get your kids to comment! The more comments the better!
Here’s a couple more shots of Shakeel that I took of him tonight… did I mention that my kiddos absolutely adore “uncle” as well. awwww.
