David Perron returns to ice after health scare involving newborn daughter Elizabeth (Source: Imagn)
David Perron is back on the ice with the Ottawa Senators after a difficult two months. The 36-year-old forward missed 11 games after taking a leave of absence on October 21, 2024, due to a health scare involving his newborn daughter, Elizabeth. Perron returned for the Senators' 4-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on November 16.
Elizabeth was born on October 27 after doctors found a mass on her right lung. The condition, called congenital pulmonary airway malformation, required several medical procedures. One procedure was an in vitro intervention, and another took place after Elizabeth’s birth. Though her condition has improved, Perron says they are not completely out of danger.
"We're not fully, fully out of the woods, but we're getting there," he said (via NHL.com). “There [were] some couple crazy moments that maybe you think they're going to have to take the whole lung out, you don't know."
