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When Félip was born nearly full term at 39 weeks eight years ago, his parents and doctor noticed he had low muscle tone, more so than a typical newborn baby. Then, he had trouble feeding despite Robyn trying different lactation consultants and other breastfeeding resources to try to help. Eventually the couple took him to…

After little Noah was born in September 2021, Chelsea was told her baby boy needed a brief stay in the Foothills Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) “to work out living on the outside”. Just over a month later, he caught a bad cold and ended up needing to stay at the Alberta Children’s Hospital for a…

Logan Braid needed life-saving surgery four times before he was even due to be born. When he arrived at 29 weeks, very tiny and sick, Logan’s doctors feared he might not survive. Logan’s mom Janielle was 20 weeks pregnant when she learned her baby would be born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia. A hole in…

Max was always smiling, giggling and being silly, even during the toughest days of his brave journey with cancer. One day in October of 2017, his gums started to bleed. They became so inflamed while staying with his grandparents in Edmonton, they decided to take him to urgent care. The doctors ran blood tests and…

Last August, Gemma noticed something different about her 13-year-old daughter, Isabel. She seemed less active and complained about a shortness of breath that at first Gemma chalked up to an asthma flare-up. After a few days that saw no improvement, Gemma took her daughter to South Health Campus where a cursory examination revealed an erratic…

At just 10 years old, Lette has had more operations than most adults – nine to be precise, including three brain surgeries. Lette has cerebral palsy and epilepsy, and her journey with the Alberta Children’s Hospital has been a big part of her family’s lives. In the beginning, Lette’s epilepsy was being controlled with one medication and…

In his short life, Jasper touched many lives and left the world the same way he came into it – surrounded by love. Jasper was born December 22, 2019 following what was a healthy pregnancy for Brita. Everything was going well with labour until the last five minutes. Jasper lost oxygen and his heart suddenly…

Nyah’s name means “tenacious,” and during her five-year journey with cancer, she has exemplified the truest sense of the word. A healthy and active, soccer-playing ten-year-old, Nyah’s life changed drastically when she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in September 2017. Suddenly, her world revolved around hospital appointments, transfusions, chemotherapy and regularly scheduled lumbar punctures….

Alex’s schedule is quite busy with lots going on at school, at home, and her two jobs – it’s a dramatic change of pace from two years ago when chronic and debilitating pain had virtually taken over her life. It began with an ankle injury in junior high. As time wore on, she developed pain…

When Eleanor was five, she had a seizure out of the blue and was rushed to hospital by ambulance. Since seizures can sometimes be isolated incidents, and since she was not actively seizing when she arrived, Eleanor’s mom Jeirine was able to take her home and wait to see if it happened again, which it…