When 15-year-old Landon’s face began turning blue and he started vomiting in March 2026, his parents, Lisa and Darcy, instantly knew the head cold he’d been fighting for weeks could be something far more serious. That’s why they sought medical help at the IWK right away.
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Within a week of moving from Algeria, North Africa, to Bathurst, New Brunswick, in 2023, Kenza, then two years old, began feeling unwell. She had a low fever, a bloated stomach, discoloured skin, and low energy.
When Stephanie and Ashten’s newborn son, Beckett, was born with severely low blood sugar, they thought he could have diabetes because there was a family history.
In 2023, Brigitte and Christopher were settling into their life together in New Brunswick with their two daughters, Jeanne and Jhanna, after moving from the Philippines to Canada. Christopher arrived in Canada in 2019, and after four long years apart, the family was happy to be together again.
At Esther’s 20-week ultrasound, doctors discovered Elena had Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH), a rare and life-threatening condition that can leave babies with small, underdeveloped lungs.