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Lyndsay and Jason never expected to need to use the Alberta Children’s Hospital, but they are so grateful it was there for their son Carson when he urgently needed it. One day earlier this summer, Lyndsay noticed blood in Carson’s stool. At first his doctor and her thought he was just having a reaction to…

Weighing only one pound, little James made his big debut three and a half months earlier than expected. After he was born by emergency C-section at the Foothills Hospital, he was intubated and transferred to that hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). During his four-week stay, pediatric neurosurgeons from the Alberta Children’s Hospital paid him…

The new $5 bill will feature an Indigenous design that honours ‘the culture and history of the First Australians,’ Australia’s Reserve Bank said Thursday.

Catherine and Dustin of Invermere B.C. were excited to welcome their baby girl, June, into the world. They could not have anticipated the rollercoaster to come, nor the role the Alberta Children’s Hospital would play in all their lives. June was born in Invermere in the summer of 2021 and within 48 hours, it was…

Soaking up the sun is something we all take for granted. For little Jake, it can be very dangerous. Despite being a small baby at 5 lbs., he passed his newborn screens and was able to go home with his parents without a NICU stay. But at home, he couldn’t feed without projectile vomiting. He…

Last spring, Vera bumped her face on the coffee table – a pretty normal thing for a toddler. What was not normal, however, was the extent of the bruising that appeared and lasted well after her fall. “It looked like she was a boxer,” says her mom, Ashley. “Her face was purple from her eyebrow…

Little Nora entered the world early at 25 weeks, weighing only 430 grams – less than a block of butter. Today, she is a dancing, happy two year old who her parents believe can take on anything, thanks to the life-saving and life-changing care she has received at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. After three weeks…

Last spring, as the Wright family of Winnipeg was well on their way to Calgary for a long-awaited spring break trip, their 6-year-old son, Hughie, spiked a dangerously high fever. After seeking medical attention in a western Saskatchewan town, they were advised to simply manage with over-the-counter medications. As they were closer to Calgary than…

Shahnal knew her little girl would be born with a cleft lip well before delivery – an ultrasound technician had spotted it during a prenatal appointment. Having recently moved from Vancouver, she expected whatever support she needed would be found back home – until she and her husband met with the amazing team of caregivers…

Bubble tea and ice cream, her sister and Cinderella – these were a few of Penn’s favourite things. It was a slight tremor in Penn’s hand that brought her family to the Alberta Children’s Hospital where tests revealed a significant mass on the left side of Penn’s brain. That was the day their lives forever…