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WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2023 | VOLUME 38 | NO. 1
Meet the 2023 CVCDA ambassador family Connor McDowell Record staff
Milo Judd weighed 30 per cent of the average baby at birth. At 2.2 pounds, he was born via c-section, and entered the world needing help to breathe. Milo was born a “preemie,” a baby that is born prematurely, much before their due date. In Milo’s case, that was two months. Charlotte, Milo’s mother, was suffering from a condition called preeclampsia. It meant Milo was not getting enough blood in the womb, and needed to leave. In December of 2020, Charlotte and Jeff Judd learned their son was coming in days, not months. “It was like, ‘Drop what you’re doing and get here now,’” Jeff said of a phone call he received from Charlotte at the time. Charlotte was being airlifted to Vancouver. On Dec. 7, 2020, their son was born at the Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. Leaving the womb roughly 10 weeks before average, Milo had skin that nurses said was too soft to be stroked. If the parents wanted to touch their child, they’d have to settle for a press. Amazed by the size of Milo, the Judds bought an Iron Man toy that
matched his size and kept it for reference. That was two years ago. On May 13, on the hottest Saturday of the year, Milo bounced around the family’s backyard, with Iron Man in one hand. He played with the garden hose, soaking himself, and then dug in the sandpit. If Charlotte and Jeff ever worried that their son wouldn’t look like a trouble-making two-yearold, that’s behind them. “Change!” the toddler says, appearing in front of Jeff, who lifts Milo into the air. “You’re soaked, I don’t want to hold you!” Jeff says. He lowers Milo to the grass, gets up from the lawn chair, and heads inside to fetch the toddler a change of clothes. The Judd family has been named the 2023 ambassador family for the Comox Valley Child Development Association. The association has worked with Charlotte, Jeff and Milo for two years offering physiotherapy, speech therapy and play groups. Charlotte said the experience taught her “people have your back.” Staff chose Milo’s story to showcase success with developmental recovery supports in the Comox Valley. Continued on Page A7
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Left - Milo lays beside a toy his parents bought to remember the size of his body at birth. (Photo supplied by Charlotte and Jeff Judd). Below - Milo Judd plays in the family’s garden, holding a toy that matched the size of his body when he was born. (Connor McDowell/Comox Valley Record)
Protest at city council meeting A dozen people gathered outside a Courtenay city council meeting on Wednesday (May 10) to continue their calls for the resignation of Coun. David Frisch. 3
Stabbing in Courtenay Comox Valley RCMP is investigating a stabbing incident in the area of 26th Street and Fitzgerald Avenue in Courtenay. 4
Hot spring days The Comox Valley experienced its highest temperatures ever recorded over the weekend, with the May 14 temperature shattering a 74-year-old record. 6
Treasures recovered A Comox Valley woman is celebrating after thrift shoppers from a TV show found her late father’s belongings inside an abandoned storage bin in Vancouver. 9
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