Eliel was just a year and a half old when he caught several common cold viruses. At first, it seemed like nothing more than an ear infection. But over the next few days, the viruses affected his heart, causing a serious condition called myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle).
IWK Patients
When Quinn began having unbearable pain in his left leg, which he thought may have been growing pains, he immediately went to see a doctor.
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.
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.