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Monique’s Story: For This is HIE & Me

April 30th, 2022  | HIElights of Hope

I find myself in a world unknown to me I looked around but there wasn’t much to see The thoughts of how I even got here Used to fill my mind with so much fear My little boy, not knowing what’s going on Yet he fights, and he is oh so strong Though not everyone will ever understand That sometimes […]

Betsy’s Story: Finding Beauty in the Unexpected

April 30th, 2022  | HIElights of Hope

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again […]

Noura’s Story: The Intersectionality of HIE & Prematurity

April 30th, 2022  | HIElights of Hope

Noura, originally from Kuwait, and her husband, originally from the UK, moved to Montreal for Noura’s residency. Noura is a physician who finished her ENT training and is currently doing a fellowship in head and neck oncology surgery. While Noura was used to assuming the role of the provider, never did she think she would so intimately experience what it […]

Rokki Garcia & Courtney Lichtenstein’s Story: Fostering Family-Centered Care

April 30th, 2022  | HIElights of Hope

Rokki Garcia and Courtney Lichtenstein are both certified neonatal therapists at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, specializing in speech-language pathology. They were drawn to the field for the ability to foster deep connections with parents and colleagues from different specialties, as well as for the emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of infants in the NICU. While Rokki and […]

Sam’s Story: Fear is Not an Option

April 30th, 2022  | HIElights of Hope

“She taught me that fear is not an option.” -Diane von Furstenberg Sam and her husband, Drew, have two children, Bren and Sage. Bren, their son with HIE, is five years old, while Sage, their post-HIE baby, is two. During Sam’s pregnancy with Bren, everything went smoothly, and she and Drew were inexorably excited to finally become parents. Sam went […]

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