Cause of the month

Il y a 6 ans, la terre s’est arrêtée de tourner pour Katia, la mère de Mia alors âgée de 4 ans. Mia s’est fait diagnostiquer un cancer, stade 3; un lymphome de hodgkin.

Après plusieurs traitements de chimiothérapie, la vie a finalement repris son rythme. Les dernières années, Mia était en rémission de la maladie, et depuis 1 an, elle est officiellement guérie.

Cette histoire a laissé une marque importante dans leur vie et c’est pour cette raison que Katia s’implique pour l’événement du DÉFI 24h TREMBLANT afin d'amasser des dons pour la recherche sur le cancer chez les enfants.

Pour une 2e année, Katia sera capitaine de l’ÉQUIPE MIA qui se déroulera en décembre prochain. Son équipe marchera et courra, pendant 24 heures.

Pour participer directement à la collecte du DÉFI 24h TREMBLANT, cliquez ici:

This December, we decided to help in our own way a family that recently arrived in Shawinigan. Tina and her husband had been planning to come to Canada for years. They chose Quebec, and more specifically Shawinigan, for its proximity to nature.

Between paperwork, visas and delays, their process stretched out over several years, and it was pregnant that Tina finally set foot in Quebec. Despite the insurance they paid for and the steps taken beforehand to ensure everything was in order, the costs related to childbirth do not seem to be covered by insurance for the moment. Considering that childbirth is full of unexpected events and that billable interventions are impossible to determine, the couple remains cautious about knowing how much they will have to pay for their child to see the light of day.

Since the baby is due in January, the money accumulated from online sales in December will be there to help ease the burden of these unknown expenses.

Goldie was born prematurely with serious complications
medical needs due to brain injury. Goldie has extremely complex needs, requiring a lot of medical equipment to stay alive. After 4 months at
hospital, she is now at home and her parents are single-handedly caring for her and her 4-year-old sister, Frankie.

Goldie is fed through a feeding tube, requires frequent repositioning, and her oxygen levels and heart rate must be constantly monitored. This means she requires round-the-clock care, which requires nursing support. Given Goldie’s precarious situation, doctors have stressed to her parents the importance of enjoying the time they have with her. This makes returning to work very difficult for them to contemplate at a time when the financial and emotional exhaustion is greater than ever.

Goldie is the daughter of my friend Michelle, a devoted woman,
radiant and fabulous. - Andréane