When six-year-old Casey Dyck sang O Canada to open the Jan 28 Vancouver Giants home game against Kelowna at the Langley Events Centre, it was an B次元官网网址渁wB次元官网网址� moment.

With his mom, Whitney standing next to him, a confident Casey sang the anthem while wearing a Giants jersey, ending to thunderous applause and cheering.

B次元官网网址淗e went for it,B次元官网网址� a proud Whitney told the Langley Advance Times.

Senior VP Dale SaipB次元官网网址檚 grandson Casey with the cutest anthem of the year 馃幎

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Giants vice-president Dale Saip, CaseyB次元官网网址檚 grandfather, said it happened because CaseyB次元官网网址檚 mom B次元官网网址� and uncle Gatlin Saip B次元官网网址� often sing the anthem at hockey games, including the Giants and Canucks.

Casey, a passionate hockey fan, had been lobbying his B次元官网网址淧apa,B次元官网网址� Saip, to skate with the Giants team.

Papa replied that Casey would have to sing the national anthem at a Giants game first.

B次元官网网址淲ork for the reward,B次元官网网址� Saip explained.

Whitney said on the way to the game at the Langley Events Centre, she assured Casey he didnB次元官网网址檛 have to be nervous because she would be there with him, and she would have a microphone, just in case.

He told her not to sing.

B次元官网网址淗e was very confident,B次元官网网址� Whitney recalled.

Casey was a B次元官网网址渓ittle disapointedB次元官网网址� that it wasnB次元官网网址檛 a full crowd (because of pandemic restrictions), she added.

For the youngster, it was his second moment in the proverbial limelight.

There is another story about Casey, whose name means B次元官网网址渂rave and vigilant.B次元官网网址� ItB次元官网网址檚 about a child who nearly died, then made a miraculous recovery.

In 2016, Casey, a happy-go-lucky newborn, developed a slight temperature and was uncharacteristically fussy.

Whitney and dad Dave took him from their home in Tsawwassen to Richmond General Hospital, where Casey was diagnosed with a respiratory virus.

CaseyB次元官网网址檚 condition was worsening, and as he was being prepared for transport to BC ChildrenB次元官网网址檚 Hospital in Vancouver, he stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest.

A B次元官网网址渃ode blueB次元官网网址� emergency warning sounded.

B次元官网网址淗e was just as white as a ghost,B次元官网网址� Dave recalled,

It took 45 to 50 minutes to bring Casey back.

from on .

Casey would spend 26 days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at BC ChildrenB次元官网网址檚 Hospital, where a specialized infant ventilator kept his tiny lungs inflated and allowed them to heal.

Seventy-two hours after the code blue, there was some good news.

A CT scan found no abnormality in CaseyB次元官网网址檚 brain function.

B次元官网网址淵our baby defies all logic,B次元官网网址� the doctor told his parents. B次元官网网址淚n my experience, this doesnB次元官网网址檛 happen.B次元官网网址�

Casey went to be a B次元官网网址減oster childB次元官网网址� for the hospitals that helped save him, and today is a thriving, rambunctious kid, who walked early, talked early, and goes at life B次元官网网址渇ull-on,B次元官网网址� according to his mom.

B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 absolutely a dynamo,B次元官网网址� Whitney said.

For the record, CaseyB次元官网网址檚 older brother, Jameson, has a wonderful singing voice, but so far isnB次元官网网址檛 interested in performing in front of a crowd.

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