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SPOTLIGHT

Kelly shares her story of a life-altering health crisis, the long road of recovery, and a TikTok Battle that gave back.

Kelly was no stranger to health challenges. Over the years, she had managed a long list of symptoms and complications from an autoimmune disorder. As a nurse, patients and families had also come to rely on Kelly in their moment of need—when they faced sickness, challenge, and pain.

Kelly Vileneuve’s Story
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A baby’s first cry is the last sound you expect to hear at the Heart Institute. Yet, baby John was delivered by emergency C-section on November 1st, 2022, right before his mother, July underwent urgent and complex heart surgery.

July & Baby John
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I sit across from Bill and Elva Holland, their home filled with naval memorabilia from Bill’s career as a sailor.  I’ve been here before.  Bill and Elva have been friends to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute for years, since Bill’s first heart surgery in 2000.  For more than 20 years they’ve been dedicated to supporting other patients and the “important work” of the Heart Institute.  I’ve had many chats with the two of them and I’ve heard their stories before, but this time is different, it’s their love story, the story of how their friendship began.  They speak over each other as they share their memories, not really interrupting the other but rather finishing each other’s sentences, naturally filling in the gaps, the spaces, as though dancing.

Elva and Bill Holland’s Story
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When your heart misbehaves.

Cynthia Stewart and her Wonder Woman Power Pack…

Cynthia Stewart’s Story
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UPCOMING EVENTS