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New lease on life has been given to Michael Spaccarelli, 2, of Pennsylvania, after heart surgery in Hospital for Sick Children. We could never have af(...)
New lease on life has been given to Michael Spaccarelli, 2, of Pennsylvania, after heart surgery in Hospital for Sick Children. We could never have af(...)

New lease on life has been given to Michael Spaccarelli, 2, of Pennsylvania, after heart surgery in Hospital for Sick Children. We could never have af(...)

Date9/29/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: New lease on life has been given to Michael Spaccarelli, 2, of Pennsylvania, after heart surgery in Hospital for Sick Children. We could never have afforded the operation back home, his mother said. If we hadn't brought him to the Hospital for Sick Children, he would have died within . . . months.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026343F
Blue baby' from Israel, Ophir Savir, 17 months, has a big smile for the photographer after arriving in Metro from Israel for heart surgery later this month at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children
Blue baby' from Israel, Ophir Savir, 17 months, has a big smile for the photographer after arriving in Metro from Israel for heart surgery later this month at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children
12/11/1986
Heart patient in top shape, Michael Helder, 2 1/2, plays contentedly with a top in Hospital for Sick Children where he recently became the hospital's (...)
Heart patient in top shape, Michael Helder, 2 1/2, plays contentedly with a top in Hospital for Sick Children where he recently became the hospital's (...)
12/17/1974
A 17-month old Israeli boy, who is in Canada for heart surgery,was admitted to the Hospital for Sick children yesterday
A 17-month old Israeli boy, who is in Canada for heart surgery,was admitted to the Hospital for Sick children yesterday
12/11/1986
New lease on life: Louis Pickering walks regularly, eats properly and rests often after recovering from open-heart surgery in September, 1991
New lease on life: Louis Pickering walks regularly, eats properly and rests often after recovering from open-heart surgery in September, 1991
2/3/1993
Major surgery a week ago repaired the two heart defects 5-year-old Seth Cole was born with, and now he's up and about in the Hospital for Sick Childre(...)
Major surgery a week ago repaired the two heart defects 5-year-old Seth Cole was born with, and now he's up and about in the Hospital for Sick Childre(...)
2/11/1975
New lease on life for a baby, Marina Kalisperas has a new lease on life after surgeons at the Hospital for Sick Children grafted a bone into her rib c(...)
New lease on life for a baby, Marina Kalisperas has a new lease on life after surgeons at the Hospital for Sick Children grafted a bone into her rib c(...)
1/16/1971
Hope for a young heart, Allyson Beanna Burleson, 5, takes in the pre-Christmas scene from her Hospital for Sick Children window as she awaits a delica(...)
Hope for a young heart, Allyson Beanna Burleson, 5, takes in the pre-Christmas scene from her Hospital for Sick Children window as she awaits a delica(...)
12/14/1966
Happy pair: Melanie Spragg, 20 months, and her mother, Jan, can now breathe easier knowing that a new drug has postponed the need for emergency heart surgery for the young girl
Happy pair: Melanie Spragg, 20 months, and her mother, Jan, can now breathe easier knowing that a new drug has postponed the need for emergency heart surgery for the young girl
7/4/1985
Life saved: Rita de Silva and her two-year-old son Kasun return to Sri Lanka this week after Kasun's surgery at The Hospital for Sick Children to fix holes in his heart and remove a cyst on his lung
Life saved: Rita de Silva and her two-year-old son Kasun return to Sri Lanka this week after Kasun's surgery at The Hospital for Sick Children to fix holes in his heart and remove a cyst on his lung
5/28/1988
David and Winnie warm up, David Ashby, 11, is scheduled for open-heart surgery June 26, but that won't keep him from Sunday's run for the Hospital for(...)
David and Winnie warm up, David Ashby, 11, is scheduled for open-heart surgery June 26, but that won't keep him from Sunday's run for the Hospital for(...)
6/12/1985
Rachelle Romanger, 8 months, safe after major heart surgery, goes home with mom Dayl, dad Dave, brother Stephen, 6
Rachelle Romanger, 8 months, safe after major heart surgery, goes home with mom Dayl, dad Dave, brother Stephen, 6
4/3/1979
Out of intensive care four days after she had open-heart surgery, 14-year-old Barbara Cantwell of Bell Island, Nfld
Out of intensive care four days after she had open-heart surgery, 14-year-old Barbara Cantwell of Bell Island, Nfld
2/18/1974