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A 12-Year-Old Died After Collapsing While Trick-or-Treating. His Family Is Turning Tragedy Into Hope.
Dylan's organs and pancreas will aid diabetes research and help over 300 people, highlighting the impact of organ donation and rare disorders like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
- On Halloween night, 12-year-old Dylan Skalina collapsed while trick‑or‑treating and died at Phoenix Children's Hospital from a brain bleed.
- Dylan lived with Type 1 diabetes and Ehlers‑Danlos syndrome, and his family believes the disorder caused muscle hyperextension that triggered his fatal aneurysm.
- His family donated his organs for research, and doctors estimate the gift could help more than 300 people.
- An Honor Walk is scheduled at Phoenix Children's Hospital on Tuesday morning, and friends and classmates visited Dylan's bedside in his final hours to say goodbye.
- Through Dylan's selflessness, the Skalina family hopes others will learn about Ehlers‑Danlos syndrome, organ donation, and the power of one young life to change so many others.
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A 12-year-old died after collapsing while trick-or-treating. His family is turning tragedy into hope.
While trick-or-treating with friends, Dylan Skalina suffered an aneurysm and later died. Because he is an organ donor, however, he could save more than 300 lives.
·Spokane, United States
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Arizona 12-year-old collapses while trick-or-treating, later dies. His family is turning tragedy into hope.
While trick-or-treating with friends, Dylan Skalina suffered an aneurysm and later died. Because he is an organ donor, however, he could save more than 300 lives.
·Phoenix, United States
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