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Champions of child health and #ReconciliACTION
3 minute read Friday, Jun. 14, 2024At Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba, we take our role as champions of child health to heart. We recognize the role and importance of reconciliation in the work we do, and it’s with that in mind that we asked a very special 15-year-old to represent all of Manitoba as Champion Child for 2024.
Janessa Dumas Colomb is the first Manitoba Champion from a remote northern First Nation. Every six weeks she travels around 800 km from her home community of Pukatawagan to Winnipeg to see her team of kidney care specialists at HSC Children’s Hospital, plus as Champion she’s attending events and speaking engagements to inspire support for kids just like her.
Janessa’s journey with Manitoba’s only children’s hospital started when she was very young. At age five, she was experiencing recurrent urinary tract infections, and doctors at HSC Children’s told her family that Janessa’s kidneys weren’t functioning properly; one was small, and the other was diseased. By age seven, Janessa had reached Stage 4 kidney disease with 25 percent kidney function that continued to decline.
Recognizing the need to be closer to the specialized pediatric care at HSC Children’s, Janessa’s parents moved her entire family to Winnipeg. After support from pediatric nephrology specialists at Children’s Hospital and a successful kidney transplant, Janessa is doing well and back home with family and friends. She is happy to be doing all the things she loves, like fishing, snowmobiling and fancy shawl dancing.
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