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New Brunswick

Ellie

Ellie

Emma was almost 30 weeks pregnant when she began experiencing painful cramps that continued to get worse over a few hours.

Alycia, IWK patient, sitting on her hospital bed at the IWK.

Alycia

When Alycia from Bathurst, New Brunswick, was three years old, her mom, Danika, noticed something wrong with her eye. One looked smaller than the other, and her cheek was swollen. She thought that perhaps their cat had scratched her eye.

Henry, IWK patient

Henry

Henry was 14 months old when he was airlifted from his local hospital in Saint John, New Brunswick, to the IWK in June 2022. He was fighting a trifecta of common viruses and was in respiratory failure.

Marissa, IWK patient

Marissa

Thanksgiving Day in 2017 began as an ordinary day for the Gootjes family of Quispamsis, New Brunswick. After a hockey practice and a family dinner, their oldest daughter, Marissa, went to a friend’s house to watch a movie.

Irving Oil & Fuel the Care

For the past 20 years, Irving Oil has partnered with the IWK Foundation to offer the Fuel the Care program to families who frequently travel to the IWK for care.