HFAD Stories

In early 2023, Oliver developed extremely painful headaches that caused vomiting. Migraine medication eased the pain, but his mother, Hailee, felt something more serious was wrong. She recalls a moment […]

Following a Spring season sprinkled with headaches, things took a turn for the worse in July 2022 when Lily’s parents rushed her to Victoria General Hospital (VGH) with a horrible

When thinking of having children, most of us anticipate sleepless nights and chaotic feeding schedules. We think of colours for the baby’s room and collect tiny little socks, knitted blankets

In 2014, Tyson’s diagnosis came as a surprise when he was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) for diabetic ketoacidosis. After a week in PICU, Tyson pulled through

Meet Grayson, an energetic 12-year-old from Sooke who underwent three open heart surgeries before age four. In utero, he was diagnosed with congenital heart defects: transposition of the great arteries,

As a toddler, Jackson “Jax” Poole was diagnosed with Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Epilepsy, and an unnamed and unknown genetic disorder: his second chromosome is inverted. When

James is a 19-year-old from North Saanich who was born at 32 weeks gestation and spent many weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit. James suffered a grade 3 brain

11 year old Oliver, from Lake Cowichan, has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This rare genetic disorder causes muscle weakness and muscle atrophy, making it increasingly difficult for him to enjoy all

Dez is 19 years old and lives with autonomic nervous system dysfunction as a result of treatment for childhood cancer. Dez has an incredible attitude and does their best to

At 13 months old, now ten year old Riley suffered an acute stroke and it was discovered that he suffers from a rare form of vascular narrowing in his brain.