Dozens of wooden hearts, each holding a message for Brayden Odell and his family, decorate the boughs. An emergency room team at CHU Sainte-Justine surrounds Brayden Odell as they prepare him for a brain scan, during which he was diagnosed with a ruptured arteriovenous malformation, or AVM. A brain scan revealed Brayden had an arteriovenous malformation, or AVM — a congenital condition in which a tangle of blood vessels forms in the brain. Like her parents and siblings, she found herself reaching out to Weil, Brayden's surgeon. "Why can't we figure out something that can help a family not to go through what we are going through: help save a child."

Source: CBC News June 28, 2022 18:19 UTC