Our Stories

Healthier Children. A Better World.™

Email To Friend Email To Friend Print Print
Font Size: Increase Font Size Decrease Font Size

Our Kids - Meet Brandon

Brandon doesn’t remember his first visit to SickKids because he was only ten months old. Brandon has been treated here for cystic fibrosis more times than he can remember.

Brandon

Brandon, Cystic Fibrosis

A year and a half ago, Brandon found out he would need a double lung transplant and in October of 2005, he was placed on a waiting list. He knows that getting new lungs means another child has passed away. He also knows that the lungs need to be the right size and blood type in order for them to be compatible to his body.

Currently, he come to SickKids three times per week for physiotherapy. He plays basketball on the trampoline and floor hockey on one foot. When he’s not at the hospital he likes to play hockey and basketball outside when he feels healthy enough. He also goes to school when he can which makes it difficult to keep up his school work.

In addition to his physiotherapy sessions, Brandon is at SickKids about once every five weeks to treat different infections. At the end of March 2006, he was treated here with a bacterial infection in his lungs that often occurs in people with weakened immune systems. When he comes to SickKids, he plays a lot of video games with nurses and talks on the phone and online to his friends to help pass the time.

In December 2006, Brandon underwent a successful double-lung transplant. He is currently recuperating and hopes to be back in school and on the basketball court soon. It was a holiday season no-one in his family will ever forget.

Why SickKids?

SickKids Foundation

In 1989, SickKids researchers discovered the gene which is responsible for Cystic Fibrosis. SickKids has initiated improvements in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis that have resulted in patients having the best survival rates in the world.

HOW CAN YOU HELP? Thousands of children like Brandon need your support.