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IWK Patients

Everly, IWK patient

Everly

Kaitlin was 20 weeks pregnant when she learned, during a routine ultrasound, that something was wrong with her unborn baby’s heart.

Satchel, IWK patient, in his baseball uniform.

Satchel

When Satchel, 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.

Baylee, IWK patient

Baylee

In 2018, Marlee and Shane from Pictou County, Nova Scotia, experienced a devastating stillbirth. Months after receiving the go-ahead from doctors, Marlee became pregnant again.

Jesse in the IWK's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Jesse

When Morgan’s water broke 11 weeks early in August 2023, neither she nor her partner, Brennan, could have predicted what their premature baby boy, Jesse, would have to overcome.

Perri, IWK patient

Perri

Brier and her husband, Trevor, of Halifax, NS, were 20 weeks into their pregnancy when they learned their unborn baby girl, Perri, had a duplicated dilated right kidney.