Teen’s skull fractured in alleged assault at resort in Dominican Republic

An Alberta teen remains successful a medically-induced coma successful the Dominican Republic, according to his family, 1 week aft they accidental his skull was cracked successful what his parent alleges was an battle successful a barroom astatine the edifice they were staying at.

“I conscionable privation to get backmost to Canada arsenic soon arsenic imaginable with him,” Cindy Rowan told Global News connected Friday portion speaking astir the ordeal facing her lad Chase Delorme-Rowan.

On Monday, Rowan said her lad remains successful infirmary and is inactive not capable to beryllium flown backmost to Edmonton wherever helium and his household live, truthful she has rented a country adjacent the infirmary truthful she tin beryllium by his side.

Rowan said she gave Chase, 18, and his 2 siblings support to spell to a barroom connected the edifice connected Tuesday since they were each of age.

“I thought it was a harmless spot truthful I fto them go,” she explained.

Rowan said she received a telephone telephone conscionable aft midnight that thing was incorrect with her son.

She asked his brothers to bring him backmost to the country but she soon realized the severity of the situation.

“My son’s like, ‘Mum, there’s thing earnestly incorrect with Chase… He’s not waking up, there’s humor coming retired of his mouth.’ And I’m like, ‘What? What bash you mean?'”

Rowan said she and her hubby ran to the barroom and arrived astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic an ambulance to spot her lad successful distress and a fig of panicked radical looking on.

She said her lad had to hold to get country erstwhile helium arrived astatine the infirmary due to the fact that the unit determination were trying to corroborate his security would screen immoderate assistance helium required.

“They removed a humor clot the size of a grapefruit from his skull,” Rowan recalled. “And his encephalon was swelling to the constituent that they had to region pieces of bony to fto the encephalon swell.

Rowan was affectional arsenic she explained her lad past slipped into a coma and suffered aggregate seizures. She said doctors told her to hole for the anticipation Chase whitethorn not survive.

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Global News has obtained a ailment study that was submitted to a section prosecutor’s bureau successful the Dominican Republic that names a fishy but has been incapable to corroborate that helium has been charged oregon that helium is from Canada arsenic well, arsenic Rowan alleged.

She told Global News edifice unit began searching for the fishy aft the alleged battle and was yet capable to find the antheral and called police, who she said past arrested him.

Global News has reached retired to section constabulary for much information. Global News has besides reached retired to Global Affairs for remark connected the situation.

Rowan said her hubby and different children flew backmost to Canada connected Thursday but she and Chase’s grandma stay successful Dominican Republic.

She said she has spoken to officials with the Canadian embassy who person offered assistance with arranging a MedEvac Canada formation for her lad erstwhile helium is capable to beryllium moved.

Rowan said she and her household saved up for a twelvemonth to spell connected the abrogation and that portion she and her hubby some work, the outgo of the unexpected hold of their stay, ineligible bills and proscription to get to and from the infirmary and the courthouse has been hard to wage for.

“Everything’s adding up accelerated truthful I had to inquire for people’s help,” she said. “I hated asking for help, but I needed help.”

Rowan started a GoFundMe to assistance with the family’s expenses. As of Monday afternoon, it had raised implicit $27,000.