Delta teen remembered for his passion for baseball
A talented Delta teen is being mourned by the local baseball community following his sudden death this week after falling while he was vaping nicotine.
Kyle Losse, 14, was at home with family Sunday afternoon when he suddenly fainted.
His stepmom, Niki Losse, said the family heard a loud noise from the bathroom. They found the teen on the floor with a vape pen or e-cigarette beside him.
“He was very disoriented. We didn’t know if he hit his head,” Niki Losse said. “We don’t know if he got dizzy.”
They took Kyle to Delta Hospital where doctors ran blood and urine tests, she said.
His stepmom said his heart rate and blood pressure were low when he was admitted. He was given fluids and encouraged to stay awake because his pulse would plunge when he shut his eyes. He was throwing up and complaining that his head hurt, Losse said.
His vital signs had improved by 6 a.m. on Monday when he was released from Delta Hospital. But just seven hours later the teen was on his way to B.C. Children’s Hospital in an ambulance, said his stepmom.
At Children’s he was placed on life support and died Tuesday at 2:22 p.m.
The cause of his death isn’t known, however, the B.C. Coroners Service confirmed they are investigating the death of a Delta teen.
Losse questioned the care the boy received at Delta Hospital.
“I do feel there was some negligence on their part. I feel that more should have been done,” said Losse, who said the e-cigarette tested as nicotine, and not an illicit drug. “How hard is it to run tests to make sure nothing else is wrong?”
Fraser Health’s Tasleem Juma expressed sympathy for the Losse family.
“We performed both toxicological and neurological tests and kept the patient for an extended observation period to which he started to improve,” Juma said of the treatment the teen received at Delta Hospital.
“The patient was neurologically stable when he was discharged with no indication of any outstanding issues. We have reached out to the family to extend our sympathies and explain our plans to review their loved one’s care.”
Kyle Losse, a baseball prodigy, is being mourned by many in the community. “He was just an amazing kid. He was kind to everyone he knew, he was involved in the community,” said his stepmom.