“I got 99 problems, but a trach ain’t one”
A Kitchener couple found a lighthearted way to keep life’s challenges in perspective, especially since their two-year-old daughter Raiya has...
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the McMaster Children’s Hospital NICU
Hamilton Health Sciences’ (HHS) McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH) is home to the country’s largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and...
Preemie doctor Saroj Saigal celebrates 50 years at HHS
When Dr. Saroj Saigal began her career as a neonatologist in the early 1970s, caring for the tiniest premature infants...
Helping our littlest patients breathe
There is no such thing as a typical day in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at McMaster Children’s Hospital...
Celebrating Mother’s Day through love and loss
This Mother’s Day, Emma Mastoris is celebrating as a mom of three—two sweet baby boys who are no longer with her, and their brother who just turned 10 months old. Beau and Kilian were born with a rare...
NICU moms makeover pumping rooms
Sitting alone pumping breastmilk for your sick baby can be a very lonely feeling. That's why parents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at McMaster Children's Hospital decided to take matters into their own hands. They...