“Left untreated, I would die.”
A nasty case of pneumonia saved Dylan Hill’s life. At only 42 years old, Hill was fit and healthy. He had been in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves for five years, and passed the required physicals. He had even run a full marathon in 2007 without any obvious signs of...
There’s No Stopping Him
Dr. Lloyd Axworthy sat down on a bench in the Arrivals area of Winnipeg Richardson International Airport after disembarking. He was out of breath. “Maybe I’m getting old,” the veteran Canadian politician and humanitarian thought to himself. “Maybe it’s something...
Breath-taking complications, breath-saving comeback
From left: Ruben Enns, Jennifer Enns, and Kolby Enns; Wayne and Shirley Billeck; Scott Billeck and Krista Johnson Billeck, with dog Phoebe. Sports fans relish the comeback, the overtime thriller. Sometimes real life delivers similar drama. Cardiac patient Shirley...