Kaitlin was 20 weeks pregnant when she learned, during a routine ultrasound, that something was wrong with her unborn baby’s heart.
Nova Scotia
![Satchel Tate, IWK patient, in his baseball uniform.](http://cdn.iwkfoundation.org/sites/default/files/styles/meet_our_heroes_preview_240x200_/public/stories/2024-02/preview-story-images/Satchel%20Tate_in%20As%20uniform.jpg?itok=Lyf5UYlg)
When Satchel Tate, 14, collapsed suddenly during his baseball game on July 30, 2022, his parents, Gord and Rebecca, never could have imagined it was because he had a stroke.
![IWK patient, Baylee King](http://cdn.iwkfoundation.org/sites/default/files/styles/meet_our_heroes_preview_240x200_/public/stories/2024-02/preview-story-images/Baylee%20King%2001.jpg?itok=ihdClKa1)
In 2018, Marlee MacNaughton and Shane King from Pictou County, Nova Scotia, experienced a devastating stillbirth. Months after receiving the go-ahead from doctors, Marlee became pregnant again.
![Armbrae academy students at their IWK fundraiser](http://cdn.iwkfoundation.org/sites/default/files/styles/meet_our_heroes_preview_240x200_/public/stories/2023-12/preview-story-images/Armbrae%20Academy%20Supporter%20Spotlight%203.jpg?itok=16blKQEO)
For 30 years, Armbrae Academy, an independent school in Halifax, has been a dedicated supporter of the IWK Foundation through their Friends of the IWK Club.
![Nathan Toner holding a cheque](http://cdn.iwkfoundation.org/sites/default/files/styles/meet_our_heroes_preview_240x200_/public/stories/2023-11/preview-story-images/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2864%29_0.png?itok=X2TGuOBm)
Nathan Toner was inspired to raise funds for the IWK Foundation after he and his wife, Ashlee, had to take their newborn son, Myles, to the IWK’s Emergency Department in December 2021.