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Earlier this summer, Rhett was using the bathroom more than usual. His mom thought maybe he had a urinary tract infection. But when he started to see some blood when he peed, she knew it was something more serious, however urine samples and bloodwork at a walk-in clinic and South Health Campus ER showed nothing…

Jaxson and Joseph are more than brothers, they’re best friends — “little magnets,” says mom, Jeryn. You will often see them holding hands, and when Jaxson has a bad night, his little brother is close by to comfort him. Jaxson, 7, and Joseph, 4, share an aberration of the B3GALNT2 gene, one among a growing…

As a social worker at the Alberta Children’s Hospital’s Emergency Department, Coralee never expected to be on the other side one day, as a family in need of comfort following a shocking diagnosis for her son Xavier. In the summer, Xavier had a headache, vomiting, and double vision. His family doctor thought it was just…

Little Ilya was so excited to enter the world, she arrived four months early. Due to be born in December 2021, she made her grand entrance via emergency C-section at 23 weeks and 6 days, in August. Weighing only 1 lb., 6 oz., she was taken right away to the Foothills Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She was…

If you ask 10-year-old Yahea how much his life has changed now that he has a new kidney, he will say he notices “a teeny, tiny difference.” His dad, Mahmoud, chuckles at how differently children see the world, especially since Mahmoud sees a “big, big difference” in his son. Before the transplant, Yahea often had…

Coen was only five when his parents learned the shocking news he had cancer during the Family Day weekend in 2022. He had been waking up in the night complaining of pain in his legs that even hurt to the touch. Tyson took him to the hospital in High River, near where they live, to…

Thomas experienced a brain injury at birth and as a result, he lives with cerebral palsy (CP). Though he is non-verbal and in a wheelchair, Thomas is bright, intelligent and has lots of personality and plenty of things to say – it’s just hard for him to express himself. Living with CP has meant there…

It was just in October when June began complaining about some pain in her left foot. Her mom took her to their family doctor who referred her to orthopedics clinic at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Through an MRI and CT scan, pediatric orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Parsons, discovered a lump and performed an operation to…

Most parents brace themselves a bit when they get a call from their child’s school. But when Barry answered his phone three months ago, he was shocked to hear his son in the background letting out “blood-curdling” screams. 8-year-old Tatum had developed a headache in class. On his way to the nurse’s office, he collapsed…

Ten-year-old Katie calls November 15, 2023 “the day my life crashed.” For a couple of weeks leading up, she’d been under the weather – fatigued, lack of appetite and eventually vomiting – however, there was no reason to believe it was anything other than a bug she’d picked up at school. When symptoms did not ease…