Life in the palm of your hands
Photo: Charmaine Mallari Photography Michelle and Gilbert (Gil) De Jesus are silver-lining people. They’re quick to smile and their optimism is contagious. But they haven’t had it easy. The last two years have been filled with incredible challenges for the couple –...
Storybook ending
December 10, 2019 There’s no place like home. When twins Emma and Frederick were born at only 26 weeks at St. Boniface Hospital, their parents, Janelle and Brant Batters, didn’t know if the micro-preemies would even make it. They weighed about two pounds each. “Our...
Now and then
For her 10th birthday, Brianna Matkowski’s mother surprised her with a trip to visit St. Boniface Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), where Brianna had been a newborn patient. Brianna and her mom, Andrée, came to the Hospital from the northern Manitoba...