by MarketSmart | Feb 14, 2023
I was a so-called “blue baby”, I think. I was born with a congenital heart defect: a ventricular septal defect, I think. I’ve never been certain of the diagnoses. I know that in Italy, where I was born, corrective surgery was unavailable, so my...
by MarketSmart | Feb 10, 2023
My journey started when I was omitted to SickKids in 2001 with flesh-eating disease in my neck after one of my chicken poxes got infected. I was seven at the time and in the hospital for about a month. I don’t remember much, just having multiple surgeries, doing...
by MarketSmart | Feb 7, 2023
Hello, My name is Lucas Goncalves Pereira de Aragao, and I am 23 years old. I was born in Recife, Brazil, and grew up playing soccer. When I was nine, my family decided to move to Canada for a better quality of life as Brazil is a very dangerous country. As a young...
by MarketSmart | Feb 5, 2023
I was moved to start donating after seeing Jaden and her mom’s story on TV. To the sound of Fight Song, I watched both deal with Jaden’s health situation with positivity and hope. I’ve always been a fan of the work done at Sick Kids and after viewing seconds in their...
by MarketSmart | Feb 2, 2023
My niece was riding a bicycle and was involved in an accident where she had struck her face. She was rushed to the local hospital for treatment however this hospital did not have a cat scan so she was flown to Sick Kids for further treatment. When I went to visit her,...
