Organ donors are heroes, says the mom of an Edmonton girl who received two transplants as a baby
Hailey Hague and her daughter Lily in their home in Edmonton on April 3. As a baby, Lily went into liver failure and was given three months to live.
in Saskatchewan left 16 people dead and 13 injured. One of the players, Logan Boulet of Lethbridge, Alta., had signed up to be an organ donor in the weeks before the crash and his parents followed through with his wishes.soon followed. The Canadian Institute for Health Information says the country has a shortage of organs, with 4,333 patients waiting for transplants. In 2017, 242 Canadians died while waiting for a transplant.
"We needed to find her a donor. We needed to do something or she was not going to be here anymore," said Hague."I felt like I had the wind knocked out of me."Lily was transferred to Toronto's SickKids Hospital for treatment while she waited for a donor.
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