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Nothing puts life into perspective faster than an emergency trip to the hospital.

But when it involves your child, time stops entirely.

Over the weekend, Calgary Flames defenceman Travis Hamonic and his wife Stephanie were forced to rush their eight-month old daughter to the Alberta Children’s Hospital after she became seriously ill.

“She’s been really sick,” Hamonic explained on Friday. “It’s been a hard week for my wife and I and our entire family. To watch my daughter like that, she’s the strongest person I know. The strength and the perseverance to keep fighting like she has all week, as a Dad it brings tears to your eyes for numerous reasons. To say how proud I am for her to fight through and push through … to see your daughter in that circumstance is a nightmare.”

The couple has been pulling all-nighters at the hospital, sticking by Charlie’s side. Hamonic was hopeful she is through the worst of the illness and that she would be able to return home on Friday afternoon.