Sindi Lee, a mother of four, knows all too well what it’s like to almost lose a child. Twice in her life, two of her four children have faced life-threatening emergencies and needed critical emergency care.
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Baby Elliana and Baby Louella were born at 25 weeks to proud parents Rachal Deevey and Jesse Snow. Each baby weighed nearly two pounds and they were admitted to the IWK’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Both girls required support to help them breathe.

In 2020, Elizabeth Cushing and her husband, Stephen, were overjoyed to discover they were pregnant with their first child – a daughter they named Ruby.

When Ruvi and Nash’s first child, Anotipa (Ano), was born prematurely at just 27 weeks and 4 days, he weighed only 1 pound 14 ounces.

In February 2022, Erin and her partner, Chad, welcomed a healthy and beautiful baby girl named Elle.