Best life

By CHEO - Oct 18, 2019

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That’s how many times, on a recent trip to Peru, that volunteer staff from CHEO and SHOEBOX said “Raise your hand if you hear a noise.”

Hearing loss is an invisible but very common disability.

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While six year old Sasha, with her confident grin, may look like your average first grader ready to take on the world, what you can’t tell is that she’s faced a lot of uncertainty in her life and fought hard to get to this moment.

Diagnosed at CHEO with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia at just four years old, Sasha spent many weeks at a time in isolation.

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Sarah thought her youngest son Dylan was just quiet and reserved. He wasn’t a boy of many words.

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Whenever Abby MacMillan falls asleep, she stops breathing.

Imagine.

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On Friday, CHEO’s WE Club had a painting party.

This volunteer youth group — with a mandate to give back, locally and internationally — took over three parking spots at CHEO.

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It was a really special day for Joshua today, and not because it was a snow day. He rang the bell at CHEO to mark the end of his 3.

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