Thank You

Thank You

Thank you! With your help, we exceeded our goal of raising over $10,000 for SickKids Hospital in Alice’s honour. In times of darkness, light abounds - thanks to you and our community. 

I wanted to take a moment to thank each of you who decided to donate to this cause during a time of uncertainty and change. A community came together to help ensure children would continue to receive exceptional care at SickKids. With the possibility of work hours being reduced because of the Coronavirus, many of you still dug deep to donate. Despite smaller paychecks for many education workers because of important job action to protect the education system, you still donated. Despite all the costs of modern society - and there are many - you thought it important to donate to this cause. These actions are not lost on us - indeed, they have provided us with much support and reassurance, more than the total donations ever could. 

There has been other important help we’ve been fortunate to receive. Family from Ottawa visiting to help raise our spirits, cleaning our house, doing laundry, and give us an opportunity to go out for a coffee, - this was a monumental lift. Our immediate family who has helped at all hours of the day with meals, childcare and groceries. Alice’s teacher, who has been nothing short of amazing, has been an exceptional support for Alice and our family, and has helped put Alice on a trajectory of life-long learning curiosity that is helping her cope with the emotional toll of being diagnosed with cancer, and now, staying at home with our family.

MoHey re than anything, I wanted to both thank and remind everyone of what’s possible when we come together to accomplish important work. We support each other during times of need. We get done what needs to get done, to help each other feel better, and help make sure no one gets left behind. During times like this, where so much is out of our control and when fear can sometimes take over, please remember the positive impact your actions can create, and find solace in knowing the difference you’ve made, and can continue to make, particularly in challenging times. 

What we’re up to

Thank you so much. We’re staying home, enjoying each other's company, and making the best of the current situation. We’re now having to go to SickKids every 10 days for Alice’s next phase of treatment. We start this coming Monday, and we’ve been told to expect a long day at the hospital. Alice will need to have her port accessed, bloodwork done, meet with her oncologist, wait for her two different kinds of chemotherapy to be administered by IV, and then we’ll get to go home. There’s usually a pretty long delay from the time we see her oncologist until they give the ok to the pharmacy to prepare the chemo, and it’s ready and sent up to the clinic.

We’re only allowed to have one parent attend the hospital with Alice during her treatment because of visiting restriction changes at SickKids. As well, they have stringent screening in place at a limited number of entrances.