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A touch to remember, Yesterday was a banner one for Sandy and Roger McKinnon, a Bramalea couple whose world crashed last week when doctors had to perf(...)
A touch to remember, Yesterday was a banner one for Sandy and Roger McKinnon, a Bramalea couple whose world crashed last week when doctors had to perf(...)

A touch to remember, Yesterday was a banner one for Sandy and Roger McKinnon, a Bramalea couple whose world crashed last week when doctors had to perf(...)

Date6/2/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: A touch to remember, Yesterday was a banner one for Sandy and Roger McKinnon, a Bramalea couple whose world crashed last week when doctors had to perform open heart surgery on Sandy while delivering her baby by Caesarean section at Toronto General Hospital.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026400F
Sandy McKinnon, the miracle mom who underwent open heart surgery while doctors delivered her child by caesarean section took her six-week-old son home(...)
Sandy McKinnon, the miracle mom who underwent open heart surgery while doctors delivered her child by caesarean section took her six-week-old son home(...)
7/11/1981
Important procedure: An operation now enables doctors to record abnormal signals from the heart
Important procedure: An operation now enables doctors to record abnormal signals from the heart
6/7/1984
Hospital reunion: A nurse wheels heart transplant patient Ted Younger by the buffet table as he and five other transplant patients celebrated at a reunion yesterday
Hospital reunion: A nurse wheels heart transplant patient Ted Younger by the buffet table as he and five other transplant patients celebrated at a reunion yesterday
3/7/1986
Scott Walpole and mother Wendy pictured before the heart operations
Scott Walpole and mother Wendy pictured before the heart operations
10/23/1978
Scott: Risky surgery, Scott Walpole: 8 hours in surgery
Scott: Risky surgery, Scott Walpole: 8 hours in surgery
10/26/1976
Fighting on: David Irvine, 43, shown with wife Sandi, right, and daughter Mickie, spends his days waiting for a phone call saying a heart is available for the transplant he needs
Fighting on: David Irvine, 43, shown with wife Sandi, right, and daughter Mickie, spends his days waiting for a phone call saying a heart is available for the transplant he needs
7/3/1988
He'll be home for Christmas, After open heart surgery at Toronto General Hospital, 49-year-old Ernest Murray, a Don Mills security guard, is feeling great today and he's going home
He'll be home for Christmas, After open heart surgery at Toronto General Hospital, 49-year-old Ernest Murray, a Don Mills security guard, is feeling great today and he's going home
12/15/1974
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
Questioning loss
Questioning loss
4/30/1988
A Heartening moment, While brother Jim Lam holds the door for her, Mrs
A Heartening moment, While brother Jim Lam holds the door for her, Mrs
4/5/1968
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
Looking ahead: Little Kristos Kalev from Parnu, Estonia, will undergo surgery on his legs tomorrow that doctors say will help him walk unassisted
Looking ahead: Little Kristos Kalev from Parnu, Estonia, will undergo surgery on his legs tomorrow that doctors say will help him walk unassisted
5/8/1992