One of the IWK’s most longstanding community supporters has been the NSLC. For more than three decades, the employees, partners and customers of the NSLC have made the IWK a priority, donating much needed funds to support the women, children, youth and families that rely on the IWK.
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To hear the giggles come from eight-year-old Avery today you’d never know that a year earlier she went from fighting cold symptoms to fighting for her life.
One’s life is not measured in number of years lived, but by the impact they have had while living. There is no truer statement to describe the life and legacy of Andrea Crowe.
It’s not uncommon to hear patients say that the IWK is like a home-away-from-home. For eight-year-old Katie from Shelburne, NS it was her very first home where she lived for the first 630 days of her life.
After a seven-year, heartbreaking journey of trying to expand their family, Shannon and her partner Kian learned they were pregnant – with triplets! “To say we were shocked would be an understatement,” said Kian.