Snowmobile club fundraises for Okanagan boy waiting on 2nd heart transplant – Okanagan [Video]

Many people describe having a child as having your heart live outside of your body, but what happens when their heart can’t keep up?

That’s what four-year-old James and his family are finding out as they wait for his second heart transplant.

“He did really well with his heart transplant up until about two years ago,” said Heather Lazeski, who is James’ mom.

“He went into this really weird heart rhythm and after a lot of tests, they determined that he needed another heart transplant.”

James has cardiac allograft vasculopathy which is causing his arteries to narrow. While waiting for a new heart he has monthly checkups at the B.C. Children’s Hospital and is on eight different medications including injections twice a day.

“It’s hard to think that you went through all of this and to wrap your head around having to go through it again,” said Lazeski.

Their stay …