A young Saskatchewan resident with a rare heart condition was recently tapped to throw the first pitch at a Toronto Blue Jays game.
Rocky Trainor threw the opening pitch — a lifelong dream for the seven-year-old Saskatoon boy — before the Jays played the Baltimore Orioles at the Rogers Centre on Tuesday. "Rocky was born with a heart condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome," his dad Scott Trainor told CBC Radio's Peter Mills.
The condition limits blood flow through his heart. "When he was born he was airlifted about two days after birth for his first open heart surgery at about three or four days old," Scott said.
Rocky has since gone on to have two more open heart surgeries. The Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants children with critical illnesses wishes, made Rocky's dream come true.