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<\/p>\nA schoolboy whose heart stopped beating for 25 minutes after his body was pulled from a swimming pool has made a miraculous recovery.<\/p>\n
Cade Ewington, 11, was rescued by quick-thinking swimming teachers when they saw him fall unconscious and lying face down in the water.<\/p>\n
The youngster had suffered from a cardiac arrest but paramedics were on the scene within five minutes to perform life-saving CPR.<\/p>\n
But they struggled to restart his heart and Cade hadn\u2019t taken a breath for 25 minutes \u2013 meaning he was medically dead.<\/p>\n
The schoolboy, from Luton, was later diagnosed and treated for a rare heart rhythm condition which triggered the cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n
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Cade Ewington, 11, was classed as \u2018medically dead\u2019 after suffering from a cardiac arrest but paramedics were on the scene within five minutes to perform life-saving CPR<\/p>\n
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He was later diagnosed and treated for a rare condition which made him suffer cardiac arrest<\/p>\n
His father Mark, 46, spoke of the horror of seeing his son at death\u2019s door after walking into the hospital and seeing medics trying their best to stablise him.<\/p>\n
The father-of-four from Luton, said: \u2018He is my absolute everything and I can hand on heart say that I thought it was the end.<\/p>\n
\u2018There were a dozen medical staff and police over him, they looked at us and you could tell no one wanted to give us the news.<\/p>\n
\u2018He was out cold on the bed and we didn\u2019t know if he was alive or dead \u2013 you never want to see your son like that.<\/p>\n
\u2018This just shows the importance of people knowing CPR when they work in leisure centres as without that lifeguard, Cade wouldn\u2019t be here.<\/p>\n
\u2018We are indebted to the life guards because if it wasn\u2019t for them, we wouldn\u2019t have a son.<\/p>\n \u2018The fact of the matter is, a week after it happened he was up and moving. Now four weeks later he\u2019s going to rock concerts and all sorts.<\/p>\n \u2018He was a ticking time bomb but he\u2019s basically safer now than he has ever been before and it hasn\u2019t fazed him.\u2019<\/p>\n Cade, who was already a confident swimmer, became unresponsive during his first school swimming lesson at Active Luton\u2019s Lewsey Pool on June 6.<\/p>\n He was rushed to Luton and Dunstable Hospital after six paramedics from the East of England Ambulance Service managed to restart his heart.<\/p>\n Cade was then taken to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) where doctors decided to sedate him for two days to protect his brain which was swollen from the trauma.<\/p>\n The youngster has since been fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) fitted which will restart his heart if he suffers another cardiac arrest<\/p>\n He was rushed to Luton and Dunstable hospital after six paramedics from the East of England Ambulance Service managed to restart his heart<\/p>\n Cade\u2019s heart problem is known as Long QT where there are problems with the electrical activity of the heart, which his doctor described as \u2018very rare\u2019<\/p>\n He was in hospital for two weeks but has remarkably escaped with no brain damage other than not being able to remember the ordeal.<\/p>\n His father added: \u2018Cade was very dazed and confused when he was taken out of the sedation as he had lost his short term memory, but slowly he started to get it back.<\/p>\n \u2018He knows his future is going to be different but he has come to terms with it quickly and Cade is very strong minded and strong willed.\u2019<\/p>\n The youngster has since had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) fitted which will restart his heart if he suffers another cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n The ICD is battery-powered and keeps track of a person\u2019s heart rate \u2013 if an abnormal heart rhythm is detected, the device will deliver an electric shock to restore it to normal.<\/p>\n Cade\u2019s heart problem is known as Long QT where there are problems with the electrical activity of the heart, which his doctor described as \u2018very rare\u2019.<\/p>\n The youngster said: \u2018Thank you to everyone, especially my friends for coming to visit me all the way at GOSH.<\/p>\n He was in hospital for two weeks but has remarkably escaped with no brain damage other than not being able to remember the ordeal, pictured with father Mark, 46 and mother Sam, 39<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s been an amazing journey and a special thank you to the lifeguard for saving my life and to the wonderful doctors and nurses for looking after me so well.<\/p>\n \u2018I hate why it happened but love the ICD as it will keep me safe forever.\u2019<\/p>\n His mother Sam, 39, added: \u2018It\u2019s been an experience I can never really put into words.<\/p>\n \u2018It is simply every parent\u2019s worse fear but due to the strength and positive outlook on life it has made us as a family stronger than ever and got us through it with a smile.\u2019<\/p>\n The young Arsenal fan has to have the batteries in his ICD changed every eight years and the results are directly gathered from the device and sent to GOSH to be analysed every night.<\/p>\n Dr Juan Kaski, consultant paediatric cardiologist at GOSH, said it was \u2018extremely lucky\u2019 that Cade didn\u2019t end up with any brain damage.<\/p>\n He said: \u2018Cade\u2019s heart went into a chaotic rhythm called ventricular fibrillation, which effectively means that the heart is unable to pump any blood, and this is equivalent to the heart having stopped.<\/p>\n \u2018The care that Cade received, particularly in the immediate moments while he was being resuscitated, was exceptional care and as a result of that he has done extremely well.<\/p>\n \u2018He is extremely lucky that he doesn\u2019t have any significant brain damage.<\/p>\n \u2018If the resuscitation hadn\u2019t been so good, it could have been a different story. We have treated a number of children in a similar situation who have ended up with brain damage.<\/p>\n \u2018While his own heart wasn\u2019t beating by itself, he had such a good outcome because of all the life support he received.\u2019<\/p>\n Cardiac arrests in children are very rare, and are often caused by genetic heart conditions that can run in families\u00a0<\/p>\n Since his traumatic ordeal Cade has met with the lifeguards, swimming teachers and paramedics who helped save his life just over a month ago.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A schoolboy whose heart stopped beating for 25 minutes after his body was pulled from a swimming pool has made a miraculous recovery. Cade Ewington, 11, was rescued by quick-thinking swimming teachers when they saw him fall unconscious and lying face down in the water. 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