“It hit me like a tidal wave”

“It hit me like a tidal wave”

May 25, 2021 As a runner and group fitness instructor, Sarah Carroll knows what a heart rate of 180 beats per minute (bpm) feels like. Experiencing it while lying in her bed with a fever was terrifying. (Normal resting heart rates for healthy adults range from 60 to...
From Child in Care to Supermom

From Child in Care to Supermom

May 5, 2021 Peggy Guimond’s wish this Mother’s Day? To simply enjoy time at home with her family. Beyond that, she wants to give her children the best lives possible, filled with love. That’s been her goal from even before becoming a mother herself. “I want my...
We Are What We Eat

We Are What We Eat

March 25, 2021 March is Nutrition Month! This year, St. Boniface Hospital’s 20 dietitians on staff are reminding everyone to support healthy living by eating what is “good for you.” It is simple advice, but healthy eating looks different for everyone, says Tiffany...
Make the Right Call

Make the Right Call

February 12, 2021 It was December 23rd, and Rosauro Rosales, 57, was relaxing with his common-law partner, Genesis Mallen, and her sister, Yzel Mallen, in their St. James home. Rosales had called his sisters in Toronto for a chat earlier in the evening. At around 9...
Communicating Kindness

Communicating Kindness

January 14, 2021 It’s never too late to say ‘thanks’. A Winnipeg woman has reached out to St. Boniface Hospital to express her gratitude for the excellent care her late brother received before, during, and after his surgery at the Hospital in January 2018. “Our family...