{"id":3839,"date":"2025-04-17T03:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T03:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondation.hemaquebec.ca\/romys-story-the-heart-in-the-right-place\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T22:43:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:43:06","slug":"romys-story-the-heart-in-the-right-place","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fondation.hemaquebec.ca\/en\/romys-story-the-heart-in-the-right-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Romy&#8217;s story: the heart in the right place"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3839\" class=\"elementor elementor-3839 elementor-518\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b749bc0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b749bc0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c3b9ea elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8c3b9ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">testimonial<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae53ae elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ae53ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Romy's story:\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8289c1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8289c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">the heart in the right place\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7e26dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e7e26dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-311a699 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"311a699\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bdf56d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9bdf56d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Testimonials \/ Romy's story: the heart in the right place<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bff5206 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bff5206\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f2191 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17f2191\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15503e0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15503e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Romy's story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b372197 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b372197\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a8457 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47a8457\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6aa5a4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a6aa5a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a6571c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a6571c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Romy owes her life to unknown heroes who chose to support an important cause &#8211; people who, like her, have their hearts in the right place: on the side of life.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c84f56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c84f56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c557ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4c557ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Julie, Romy's mother<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa80c25 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fa80c25\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1184d35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1184d35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/fondation.hemaquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/romy-bg-1-1024x936.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3639\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fondation.hemaquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/romy-bg-1-1024x936.png 1024w, https:\/\/fondation.hemaquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/romy-bg-1-300x274.png 300w, https:\/\/fondation.hemaquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/romy-bg-1-768x702.png 768w, https:\/\/fondation.hemaquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/romy-bg-1-1536x1404.png 1536w, https:\/\/fondation.hemaquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/romy-bg-1.png 1864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bf0660 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4bf0660\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29e0f1e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29e0f1e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e294c23 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e294c23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The heart in the right place<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6fdac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6fdac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The second pregnancy ultrasound is a moment that all parents-to-be look forward to: it&#8217;s the chance to find out the sex of the baby! In the case of Julie and Fanny&#8217;s child, a couple living in the Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie region, this matter was quickly settled: they will have a little girl. But that&#8217;s not all the ultrasound reveals. The baby who was to become little Romy appeared to have a heart defect. A few weeks later, at the CHU de Ste-Justine, the diagnosis was confirmed: Romy was suffering from dextrocardia, a very rare malformation which means that her heart, rather than being lodged on the left side of her chest, is instead on the right.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dccfb0f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dccfb0f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70362a4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70362a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chances of survival almost nil...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8f144d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8f144d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b24c8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b24c8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Julie is in her <sup>19th<\/sup> week of pregnancy, and the specialists&#8217; verdict is as clear-cut as it is damning: Romy&#8217;s chances of survival are practically nil, and it might be better to terminate the pregnancy immediately rather than give birth to a baby who will only survive a few minutes&#8230; But at the next appointment, a minor miracle seems to have taken place, much to the surprise of the medical team. Romy&#8217;s heart is indeed slightly deviated to the right, but in the end she has the same viability as an ordinary baby. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbdcb7f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fbdcb7f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-643b30e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"643b30e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">On the eve of the due date,<br> Julie has a bad feeling.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51b819b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51b819b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fcde6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fcde6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nothing more normal than to be nervous in this situation,&#8221; reassures her partner Fanny. No, it&#8217;s not: in her belly, Romy is not moving. The day progresses, but the situation does not improve. Julie went to her local hospital. After a few tests, she was told that Romy had to be taken out of the womb by Caesarean section.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69c763c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69c763c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the operating table, Julie can hardly see the white body that has just been removed from her belly. Romy doesn&#8217;t cry. A nurse is busy working on the little body; Julie understands that she is intubating it. A voice repeats: &#8220;We&#8217;re going to lose her, we&#8217;re going to lose her&#8221;. She would later learn that, for reasons as yet unknown &#8211; perhaps unrelated to the location of her heart &#8211; <span style=\"color: #303ab2;\">Romy had lost over 70% of her blood in her belly.<\/span> There was almost no life left in the little body, which was whisked away in the ambulance to Montreal&#8217;s CHU Ste-Justine. Just before leaving, <span style=\"color: #303ab2;\">Romy received her first blood transfusion<\/span>.     <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-944bc82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"944bc82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For many hours, her mothers had no news of her. It was only later that they learned that on her arrival at Ste-Justine&#8217;s, Romy had no tonus, and that at that point, the medical team had decided that if Romy had enough blood left in her body to survive, it was almost inevitable that she would have significant cognitive after-effects. But she was still alive, and <span style=\"color: #303ab2;\">a second blood transfusion was given.<\/span>  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a22bb00 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a22bb00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d38cc1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d38cc1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f7e115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f7e115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I had never given blood, nor had my partner. Since Romy was born in May 2022, we&#8217;ve organized 3 blood drives, we&#8217;ve made donations, I&#8217;ve created an Instagram account to tell as many people as possible. Because it&#8217;s thanks to this blood donation, to everyone who revolves around H\u00e9ma-Qu\u00e9bec and its Foundation, that my child is alive. It&#8217;s not an operation or a transplant that would have saved his life, it&#8217;s the blood.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5ab76b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5ab76b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cdccfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7cdccfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">- Julie, Romy's mother<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7479be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d7479be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0723d3f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0723d3f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88392d4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"88392d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">And the wind has changed.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39c5b43 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39c5b43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-638f1fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"638f1fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When she was finally able to speak to the doctors responsible for her daughter, who was only a few hours old, Julie received some unexpected news: since the second transfusion, Romy had regained her tone, she was sucking her pacifier, she had been drinking. At first glance, there was no reason to suspect any cognitive sequelae. She was fine.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e90c580 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e90c580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Romy spends six days in the neonatal department. Her parents receive confirmation that <span style=\"color: #303ab2;\">her heart is still on the right, but that this anomaly seems to have no impact on her health.<\/span> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f37c02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f37c02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRomy is now approaching her third birthday, and the whole family is doing well! For Julie, this has been a life-changing experience. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a51a067 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a51a067\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b2bf26 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b2bf26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Romy and her family invite you to donate so that other children like her can have a second chance.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bea78ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bea78ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Romy owes her life to unknown heroes who have chosen to support an important cause &#8211; people who, like her, have their hearts in the right place: on the side of life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f9d361 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f9d361\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thank you for your generosity!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e56f29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e56f29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By making a financial contribution to the H\u00e9ma-Qu\u00e9bec Foundation, you strengthen the human chain that supports H\u00e9ma-Qu\u00e9bec&#8217;s noble mission of giving the gift of life to the next generation of recipients and their families.<br><br>A small gesture&#8230; that makes a big difference!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e6f1be e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6e6f1be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e24acfd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e24acfd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebd30ac elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebd30ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Discover other inspiring stories<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e68ed5d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e68ed5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Discover inspiring testimonials that show that a second chance in life is always possible! 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Thanks to your donations, she beat leukemia!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31e0748 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31e0748\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1471ab elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b1471ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#\">Discover Charlie's story<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a7a19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"48a7a19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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src=\"https:\/\/fondation.hemaquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Untitled-design-19.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3646\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fondation.hemaquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Untitled-design-19.png 598w, https:\/\/fondation.hemaquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Untitled-design-19-300x283.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f552afc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f552afc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecb97af elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecb97af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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