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Nathaniel

By Alicia Moyes | Family Stories, Family Stories- homepage | 0 comment | 5 August, 2022 | 0

Tessa and Herman’s son Nathaniel was born a month premature weighing only 4.3lbs. Due to his tiny size and suspected medical needs, he had to stay in the hospital for forty-two days. Every single day his mother Tessa would drive to visit him and stay at home only to sleep. Little did the family knowRead more

Bella

By Alicia Moyes | Family Stories, Family Stories- homepage | 0 comment | 22 April, 2022 | 3

August 2022 will mark two full years of waiting for the Thomson family. It will mark two years of hearing the phone ring and wondering if it is a medical professional calling to say that they have matched Bella to a bowel donor who will save her life. Two years of always trying to remainRead more

Liorah 2019 before transplant

Liorah

By Alicia Moyes | Family Stories, Family Stories- homepage | 0 comment | 4 May, 2021 | 1

Darline and David were overjoyed with the birth of their second child, Liorah, in November of 2018. Their first child, Holly, had jaundice after she was born in 2016, so when Liorah started to develop it, they were not too worried but took her to the doctor anyway. The doctor ordered a blood test whichRead more

A Change of Heart

By Alicia Moyes | Family Stories, Uncategorized | 0 comment | 26 January, 2021 | 10

In honour of Heart Month, we are sharing the very special story of Marit & Tanner. Watch how a Change of Heart and a selfless decision forever changed the lives of the McKenzie and Fitzpatrick families. On Saturday, February 13, 2021, Marit & Tanner’s story was honoured and shared in the National Post, you can readRead more

Ben Transplant

Ben

By Alicia Moyes | Family Stories, Family Stories- homepage | 2 comments | 4 August, 2020 | 0

“Ben is the sickest child in this hospital.” These were the heart-stopping words that parents Caroline and Lester heard from doctors earlier this year. Ben has congenital neutropenia, a condition in which people are prone to recurrent infections. Caroline and Lester often bring him to the emergency room at the children’s hospital for antibiotic treatmentRead more

Briar

By Alicia Moyes | Family Stories, Family Stories- homepage | 0 comment | 17 September, 2021 | 2

Thirty-six hours after Briar was born her parents, Morgan and Ryan, took her home to their small town in Saskatchewan. She had still not had any bowel movement and both parents thought that was odd as Briar was their second child and this had not happened when Addilyn was born. Upon returning home Briar beganRead more

Nate

Nathan

By Alicia Moyes | Family Stories, Family Stories- homepage | 0 comment | 14 October, 2020 | 1

In March, two-year old Nathan Hutchinson stopped breathing in his Courtice, Ont. home. He was transported to SickKids Hospital ICU, an all-too-familiar place for Nathan and his family, in the midst of a pandemic. He would remain there on and off until mid-May. Nathan was diagnosed with a rare heart condition, Supracardiac Total Anomalous PulmonaryRead more

jack liver transplant

Jack

By Alicia Moyes | Family Stories | 0 comment | 11 September, 2020 | 1

When we learned that we were having a boy, my partner and I decided to name our baby Jack. Being movie buffs, we noticed that characters named “Jack” are very often the heroes. When Jack came into our lives, he lived up to his name: an Apgar score of 9-10-10, in perfect shape, he nursedRead more

Roman Transplant

Roman

By Alicia Moyes | Family Stories | 0 comment | 9 April, 2020 | 1

Roman was born in September of 2017. His parents, Monique and Richard, noticed that he was severely jaundiced. When his jaundice did not improve Roman was transferred from the hospital in Windsor, Ontario to a hospital in London, a two-hour drive away, before finally ending up at SickKids Hospital in Toronto, another two hours furtherRead more

Beth

By Alicia Moyes | Family Stories | 0 comment | 9 April, 2020 | 2

When Beth was born, she was diagnosed with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS). BBS is a disease with many complications including kidney failure. Beth’s extremely low kidney function caused lung disease and her mother, Erin, remembers Beth’s first year as incredibly difficult as the family navigated her medical needs. Beth spent the first eight months of herRead more

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