Cooper was diagnosed with mucopolysaccharidos type 4A (MPS 4A) when he was two years old, which means Cooper’s body doesn’t make the enzyme that you and I have that takes the waste out of his cells.  Because of this, the waste builds up, damages his organs and causes severe skeletal abnormalities. He's had to get weekly infusions since is diagnoses, as well as many many surgeries. The thing that helped him get through all of this was his love for hockey. He would play hockey in the hallway of the hospital with his friends and watch the Avalanche games. 

He was in town when the Avalanche were playing the Ducks, and we obviously had to go together. We went on the bench for warmups, rode the zamboni, and even got a signed stick from Trevor Zegras.