After fans covered the ice Saturday night with teddy bears, the Kelowna Rockets took those bears to Kelowna General Hospital Sunday to surprise some unsuspecting patients.

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Rockets players grabbed arms full of teddy bears and were guided through the hospital, giving them to patients both young and old.

Two young patients that received bears were Kobei Schrenk, 9, and his brother Alex, 12.

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About two weeks ago, Darren got a call from Kobei香蕉视频直播檚 school that Kobei was pale, sick, and limping. Two days later he was brought to the hospital with an infection in his leg that antibiotics weren香蕉视频直播檛 removing, which led to doctor香蕉视频直播檚 opening his leg to flush out the infection. He has been in hospital for two weeks and he will remain in hospital for two to three weeks more with six weeks of home care after that.

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With so many bears given away Saturday night, Rankmore says that literally everybody in the hospital will get a bear for Christmas.

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