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Who we areWhen our first son was born in 1994 with a vascular birthmark, we had no idea what we were in for. We struggled to get a proper diagnosis and treatment options and eventually had to seek help in the United States to get the answers we were looking for. At the time, my husband was a medical resident training to be a family physician and I was a Registered Nurse. If this could happen to us with all of the resources at our finger tips then what does that mean for other Canadian families in a similar situation? In 1998, the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary started a Vascular Birthmark Clinic to serve as a place where parents and children could get the answers that they needed. This web site was set up to help give information about Vascular Birthmarks and to direct Canadian families to get a proper diagnosis and treatment options. |