Please pray for one of my teens who collapsed at school yesterday,

Many of you know I am youth pastor. This is a hard concept for some to understand, but I love my teens like they are my own kids. So this situation is pretty tough on me.

With that being said. One of my teens collapsed at school yesterday, had a mini seizure, and stopped breathing. The school nurse revived him. But His heart rate has been hovering around 45 ever since, and he has a prolonged QT Interval. Yesterday, the doctors at Children's thought it was a combination of severe dehydration from the start of fall practice and a Z-Pak he was taking for his sinuses. However, his bpm dropped into the mid 30s last night. After doing another EKG they are now saying it is a heart defect, and the dehydration/Z-Pak simply worsened the effects. Earlier today they told him no more football, he can't consistently play other sports, and they are putting in a pacemaker.

This is a kid who has played basketball, football, baseball, soccer, and run track his entire life. 16 years old, ran a 4.7 40 @ 6'1 w/175lbs of pure muscle, has maybe 7% body fat. He had been trying to put on weight, and he had legitimate shot at playing D1 as a safety if he could put on 40 lbs. He has been to the Ole Miss camp the past 2 years. The coaches specifically asked him to come back this year so they could monitor his progress. This summer's camp was only 2 weeks ago.

Football being ripped away is killing him, and I hate it. I'm just trying to keep help him keep his head up. He isnt even that concerned about the heart issue, he just wants to play football. His face when he was told he couldn't play was heart breaking. To further expound a bit, they said he could play less strenuous sports on an inconsistent basis, or 1, maybe 2, pickup games of basketball as long as his heart rate doesn't go up to much.
I'm hoping they will let him play baseball, as it is a sport that doesn't require the same physical effort football, or basketball. He was actually better at baseball as well. He just loved football so much more.

I am simply thankful it didn't happen when he was driving, because he was headed to the parking lot to drive home when he collapsed. I am also thankful it didn't happen at practice, because it truly might have killed him with where his heart rate would be during practice, and with no school nurse there to revive him.

So, I ask for your prayers/good thoughts, whatever it is you want to send his way. For both healing and peace. He needs love and support. As a bunch of athletes, ex-athletes, and dads, I am sure you all can understand his pain and frustration.

Thanks OT.