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IWK Patients

Three photos showing Theodore's recovery and growth

Theodore

Taylor, who was pregnant with her first child in the fall of 2025, never expected that a routine ultrasound at 34 weeks pregnant would show issues with her unborn baby’s heart.

Sloane at the hospital.

Sloane

Sloane was a healthy, active five-year-old until December 2024, when her world changed in an instant.

Ava, IWK patient

Ava

Tough and determined are two words that Valerie and Justin use to describe their 13-year-old daughter, Ava.

Four photos showing a baby girl’s journey from newborn in hospital care with tubes to a smiling, healthy toddler wearing a pink sun hat.

Adley

More than a year after Jenna and Logan’s daughter, Adley, was born in August 2024, she is still receiving specialized care at the IWK. Sadly, she couldn’t spend the holidays at home with her family in Cape Breton, and this may be the heartbreaking reality again this year

IWK patient, Jeric, holding a stuffed toy with a "survivor" banner.

Jeric

When Barb received the heartbreaking news that her six-year-old son, Jeric, had acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a fast-growing blood cancer, she was shocked.