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Christmas Eve is usually an evening of fun and festivity — but for one Illinois family in 2023, it came with a life-threatening medical emergency.

After enjoying a few holiday traditions , the Patton family had just sat down at the dinner table when Preston Patton, who was 6 years old at the time, suddenly slid onto the floor.

"He just fell off the chair and was limp," recalled Shawn Patton, Preston’s father, according to a press release from OSF HealthCare. "I didn’t think it was a stroke , but I just knew something was wrong."

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Patton immediately called 911 and first responders rushed his son to OSF HealthCare.

At the hospital, a team of emergency

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