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My Life Changing Event

Jan 4, 2022
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Updated: Jan 11, 2022

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On November 7th, 2020 I went through a life-changing event, and thank you to Dr. Heller and the staff at St. Joes Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario I am still here... but not completely the same person I was.

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