This vibrant 8-year-old was diagnosed with Rett Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that affects brain development and leads to progressive loss of motor skills and language. Her family first noticed changes around 15 months, when she began missing milestones and lost the ability to play with toys. Today, she walks with assistance, uses a wheelchair for longer distances, and communicates using an eye gaze device. She requires full-time care and will soon undergo major spinal surgery to help correct a severe curvature in her spine.

Despite these challenges, she’s a joyful and social preteen who loves music—especially Shakira—school, and spending time with family and friends. Her favorite foods are beef and chicken, and she enjoys swimming at the YMCA and exploring bike paths on her adapted bike. She understands both English and Spanish, and her favorite color is yellow.

Alberta Dreams is excited to send this amazing family to Disney World, where they’ll experience the magic, joy, and connection they deserve.

Born with a TCF20 genetic anomaly means this young girl suffers with epilepsy, ataxia (which can affect her walking and balance, hand coordination, speech and swallowing, and eye movements), developmental delays, autism, language impairments, ADHD and anxiety. Despite these challenges, this 9 year old is a sweetheart who loves to help people, and is always the first with hugs if someone is hurt or upset. She enjoys spending time outdoors in nature. Loves animals (especially peacocks and flamingos), swimming, going to the playground and road trips to places like Waterton and Iowa. She has never been to the west coast and has never seen the Pacific Ocean.

Alberta Dreams cannot wait to make her dream come true with a family road trip to Vancouver and Vancouver Island to visit the zoo, aquarium, and butterfly conservatory before jumping on the ferry to visit family, go whale watching and to enjoy being outdoors as much as possible.

This 5 year old boy diagnosed with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC), a condition characterized by congenital joint contractures (stiffness) and muscle weakness is non verbal and relies on a wheelchair for mobility. His muscle weakness affects his swallowing, and he suffers from sialorrhea, leading to aspiration risk, hip dysplasia, developmental impairment, GERD, asthma, and has a g-tube for feeding. He enjoys being outside and likes to drive his wheelchair to the park nearby where he can play in the puddles. He recently joined the Challengers baseball team and adores tech, especially phones, his iPad and any kind of driving or racing games. He likes to watch TV, specifically Disney cartoons and his favorite show is Mickey Mouse Club House.

Alberta Dreams cannot wait for him and his family to see Mickey’s House in person on their upcoming trip to Disney World, Florida.

This soon to be 18 year old had a typical childhood with no complications until his 16th birthday when his mom noticed a weird lump on his neck at his birthday celebration with the family. A small lump very quickly turned into stage 3 follicular carcinoma of the thyroid that changed their lives. Multiple tests, biopsies, 2 surgeries, 2 rounds of iodizing radiation and almost 2 years later this young man’s latest scans are looking promising and they are hoping for a clean bill of health later this year.

He was a junior dragster for 8 years until he was 16 and old enough to race the 1985 Mustang that he had saved up to buy and that he and his dad work on together. He loves everything to do with cars; building them, fixing them, racing them and of course watching his idol and favorite You Tube star – Cleetus McFarland rip around the track.

Alberta Dreams can’t wait until this winter when we get to make his dream of going to one of the nation’s premier drag racing facilities, Bradenton Motorsports Park, in Florida, to see the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals come true.

This youth’s medical journey began with an innocent wasp bite at 3 years old. The small bite grew into a large tumor on his chest. 2 major surgeries a few years apart and removing the mass twice. It had grown to over 7 lbs the second time and was threatening permanent damage to his left arm, he was finally diagnosed with Castleman Disease. He has been stable now for nearly 4 years with a new advanced drug regiment requiring multiple oral and IV immunosuppressant medications. He will continue to require monitoring and likely more surgeries in the future.

Like many Alberta families this teen and his family live the traditional Canadian Hockey Family life. When he is not playing hockey for his local team that his dad coaches, he is polishing his skills at hockey camp and mastering his post season swing on the golf course.

Alberta Dreams cannot wait to bring year round hockey to this young teens backyard with a permanent hockey rink where he master his shot and play ball hockey in the summer and flood it for ice in the winter.

This 9 year old girl can be found learning to play the piano and reading. She loves to do word searches, play board games and spend time with her favorite person in the whole world, her older sister.

Out of nowhere in late 2023 she began limping, swelling in her feet, and purple rashes on her hands and torso. What they suspected was an everyday childhood virus continued to get worse was eventually diagnosed as Lupus Nephritis. The next several months were a blur of appointments and tests and within 6 months she was found in her home non-responsive, seizing and vomiting. The inflammation had moved to the vessels in her brain, kidneys and liver. Now on aggressive immunosuppressant therapy and new anti-seizure medications the family is hopeful for the first time in a while.

Alberta Dreams cannot wait to keep this hope alive by creating a special space, where no boys are allowed for this amazing young girl to spend quality time with her big sister and her other friends with the backyard She Shed of her Dreams.

This shy young girls medical journey began in infancy. She had low muscle tone that affected her ability to support her own body, her eyes and lungs. She was hospitalized twice before the age of 2 for pneumonia and struggled to learn to walk. She was small for her age and was determined to walk but she was 3 years old before she was able. After numerous tests, MRIs and genetic testing she was finally diagnosed with Spinocereballar Ataxia Type IV and scoliosis. Her cerebellum was malformed and that was what was affecting her coordination, physical movements and her spinal cord. This disease is progressive and degenerative, and will worsen overtime.

Now 9 years old, this lovely girl enjoys art, especially painting and drawing flowers. Her favorite color is pink and she enjoys helping her mom in the kitchen cooking though if she had it her way they would have her favorite food for every meal. She loves cereal.

Alberta Dreams is excited to make this little girl feel like a superstar with a custom designed pink and purple bedroom makeover in the room she shares with her sisters.

With beautiful curly locks and an amazing smile this 9 year girl was diagnosed with GRIN 2B at a very early age. Her medical condition means she relies on her amazing adopted parents for all of her daily needs. She is non verbal, cannot sit independently, relies on a wheelchair for mobility, and has a j-tube for feeding but she is learning to communicate and play guitar and piano on her eye gaze device.

This young girl makes friends everywhere she goes and brings joy to all who know her.  She is a sensory seeker who loves cuddling, vibration sensations and weighted blankets. She enjoys being outdoors and being involved with the Challengers Baseball, swimming, riding her adapted bike, and listening to the birds and the water at the lake.

Alberta Dreams cannot wait to help make getting outside, to the park, on the grass/rough terrain, and down to the water so much easier with her new adapted stroller.

This teen girl is your typical 16 year old, she is stubborn, sassy and boy crazy according to her mom. But unlike other teen girls she was diagnosed with Rett Syndrome at age 2. Her symptoms began like that of many kids with Rett; she had a normal childhood, hitting all of her developmental milestones up to 18 months and then started regressing. At 20 months she stopped talking and then starting having seizures.

Now in grade 11, she communicates with an eye gaze device and has significant fine and gross motor involvement, has hip development issues causing her a great deal of pain but she is very lucky to still be quite mobile on her own.

She adores school, doing girlie things like facials, hair and makeup, and getting massages. She loves coffee and is often caught sipping from her favorite teacher’s mug at school. This happy teen loves to be around people and be the center of attention. Alberta Dreams cannot wait to design a special backyard space centered around her needs so she can spend valued time with her family and friends.

Born extremely early, at just 26 weeks gestation, now 10 years old, this boy spent 254 days in hospital, was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy with dystonia at age 2 and is globally developmentally delayed. He relies on a wheelchair for mobility, he will never walk and is unable to sit independently. He gets Botox injections to help with his muscle spasms and has required numerous corrective surgeries to help with his mobility issues, including a major hip reconstruction which left him in braces for 8 weeks, then required surgery again to remove the hardware.

He is an easy and happy kid, never cries, is never in a bad mood and just goes with the flow, though he can be very stubborn if he has to do something that he really does not want to do. He likes spending time with his older brother, they like to hang out, play board games, videos games and play baseball in the back yard. He also enjoys bowling and has many friends online that he like to game with.

Alberta Dreams is looking forward to making this young boys dream to see the Blue Jays play in person come true with a family trip to Toronto.

Born with Leber Congenital Amaurosis, a condition causing severe vision loss leading to blindness. Now 6 years of age and globally delayed,  this young boy likely has some light perception and may be able to see some shadows in his peripheral field but what vision he has now will likely be gone by the time he is 20.

He enjoys being outside, especially in the warm weather, loves swimming, and going to the playground to play on the swings and slide. Being blind he loves to experience the world with his family through tactile stimulation, sounds, and movement. He likes car rides, the Science Centre, listening to sports with his dad, and adores music.

Alberta Dreams can’t wait to bring together his love of the warm outdoors, swimming, and time with his family in an epic family adventure to Mexico.

Born at just 25 weeks, weighing 550 grams, this now precocious 10 year old boy spent the first 3 months of life in the NICU. As he was born before his lungs were fully developed, he required supplement oxygen until he was 3 years old, had pulmonary hypertension, has chronic lung disease of prematurity, hypothyroidism, requires a g-tube for feeding and later developed Autism spectrum and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders.

He has a particular fascination with the classic Toy Story, loves Woody and Buzz Lightyear and knows everything there is to know about the Toys R Us store chain. He likes Thomas the Train, Mario and electronics and is learning simple computer coding at the moment.

Alberta Dreams cannot wait for him to meet some of his favorite Toy Story Characters on his dream come true family trip to Disney World.

This outgoing and social 4 year old lights up the room everywhere she goes. She is confident, loves people, being the center of attention and is always the life of the party. She enjoys being outdoors and riding bikes. She likes music, loves to dance and is already learning to play the guitar.

This young girl’s medical condition came on suddenly and without warning when in late 2022 she developed a fever at daycare and started having a seizure. Since then she has been diagnosed with front temporal lobe epilepsy and has been struggling to control her severe and frequent seizures. With numerous hospitalizations, tests, brain surgeries, including a partial lobectomy and the insertion and removal of a V-P shunt, she has remained funny, happy and amazingly brave – dancing her way through the halls of the Stollery.

Alberta Dreams cannot wait to make her dream come true of a family adventure to Disney World, Florida.

This clever 12 year old has an extreme knowledge for all things racing, diagnosed with cerebral palsy, autism, severe nutritional deficiency, chronic lung disease post intubation and visual impairment after being born at just 22 weeks of gestation.

He is finishing grade 6 this year, loves science – especially learning about the human body, loves learning new languages – is currently learning French, wants to soon learn to speak Spanish too, and cannot wait to travel the world – he has a long list of the many places he can’t wait to see. He is very social, loves to be around people, is very dramatic, likes to imitate voices and sounds, and loves dancing.

Alberta Dreams can’t wait for him and his family to explore Parksville, British Columbia on their Christmas in July Family Cabin Get Away this summer.

Diagnosed with alternating hemiplegia of childhood at 2 1/2 and later with autism, speech and developmental delays, laryngomalacia, ATP1A3 and requires a g-tube for feeding on many days. Everyday is a new experience with alternating hemiplegia, on a good day she can walk and talk and function almost normally , on a moderate day she may be unable to walk but able to crawl and talk some, and on a bad day she will be completely paralyzed, unable to walk, talk, crawl or even swallow.

Now 7 years old, this young girl is quiet and shy but is still full of lots of smiles. She loves animals, especially hippos and polar bears. And enjoys playing on her trampoline, coloring, painting and play dough.

This young girl’s medical condition is exacerbated by changes in temperature so Alberta Dreams cannot wait to make her dream come true for a sensory playroom in the comfort of her home.

At just 10 years old this amazing boy has endured 2 cardiac arrests and 8 heart surgeries. Living with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is not easy for this family of 4 since this young boy requires constant adult supervision and must have a portable AED with him everywhere he goes. This caring, happy, and easy going boy loves Volt Hockey, stuffies, video games, and most of all his 2 dogs. He enjoys swimming, Lego, and playing board games with his family. He is a great student, recently awarded student of the month by his school who loves volunteering with his mom and recently helped organize a Lego Drive for the children at the Stollery.Alberta Dreams is very excited for this wonderful family to take a break from their medical challenges and let this wonderful boy just be a kid in Disney World, Florida.

Alberta Dreams
#7, 12122 68 Street NW
Edmonton AB, T5B 1R1
E info@albertadreams.ca
P 780-469-3306

Always smiling and very happy, this teen was born with no complications but was rushed back within a few days of being born where she coded several times and her family was told to prepare for the worst. After 1 week in the NICU, their miracle baby returned home. Then at 4 months of age, after not meeting some developmental milestones this young lady’s real journey began.

Now 14 years old and diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy she relies on a wheelchair for mobility and her family for all of her care. This teen has endured 34 surgeries for her hips, eyes, teeth, and for the insertion of a permanent medication pump in her abdomen.

Her family describes her as a social butterfly who loves to be the center of attention and an adrenaline junkie who loves rollercoasters, whitewater rafting, ziplining, and being pushed on her adapted bicycle really fast. She loves spending time with her family, especially her little sister, and wrapping babies with anyone who is willing to play. Alberta Dreams is very excited for this wonderful family to take in all the excitement possible in Disney World, Florida

Diagnosed with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy with dystonia at just 12 months of age, this 5 year old boy relies on a wheelchair to get around. He has undergone several surgical procedures to try to help with his mobility and he and his mom travel to the Calgary Children’s Hospital monthly for botox injections to help with his muscle spasms. He is a very happy, well adjusted little boy with an amazing smile.

He has lots of friends at school where he just finished kindergarten this past year, loves hockey and though his favorite team the Calgary Flames and favorite player is Dylan Dube, were out of the playoffs, he was excited to watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs this year. This young boy is learning to play sledge hockey and plays power soccer. He enjoys art and crafts and especially enjoys coloring. He likes to be outside, going to the park, going for walks, and exploring.

Like many 5 year olds, he loves Spiderman, so we at Alberta Dreams are over the moon to send him and his family to the Marvel Avengers Campus at Disneyland California.

This  affectionate 12 year old girl was diagnosed with refractory epilepsy and severe autism spectrum disorder. Her significant epilepsy disorder means that she experiences seizures daily, most days she will have between 5-13 seizures but during  illness, or other stressful times this number can exceed 30. Her seizures can be triggered by any number of things and sometimes by nothing at all, so they can be very hard to manage or avoid.

She loves playing ‘Guess with Jess’ on the iPad and watching Disney movies in her room. She is a sensory seeker who enjoys strong smells and different textures, along with the feeling of motion. This young teen likes to be outside, and she enjoys spending time at the zoo and Heritage Park, and she loves the TELUS World of Science.

Her family relies heavily on her adapted stroller to provide safety and freedom to be able to take her out of the home and not need to worry if she experiences a seizure. Her current stroller is getting too small for her so we are more than thrilled to help make her dream for a new adapted stroller come true.

This quiet and shy 10 year old girl was born with spina bifida in China where she was adopted at 21 months of age by a loving Canadian couple. She enjoys spending time with her family at the community gym, bike riding down to the river and around town with her father, Star Wars, and playing video games with her brother. She is learning to play the guitar and loves create new worlds on Minecraft and with LEGO. We cannot wait to help combine her passion of Star Wars and LEGO by fulfilling her dream to build the LEGO Death Star Space Station and a new electric bike to explore their remote Alberta community with her family.

Meet a brave little girl whose heart has endured more than most do in a lifetime. Now 6, this young girl was born with both ventricular and atrial septal  heart defects. Too small to fix them right away but would have open heart surgery on her first Valentine’s Day. After surgery she developed an aneurysm on her atrial repair that may require another open heart surgery, and struggled to feed normally leading to a permanent g-tube and fundoplication to ensure she would receive the nutrition she needed to grow.

Though tiny for her age, she is an an alert and happy child. She loves to be outside, exploring nature, swimming, being around animals, going to the beach and camping. She likes unicorns and rainbows and spending time with her family.

Thanks to Alberta Dreams, this incredible family will soon have the chance to explore Alberta’s natural beauty together in a new RV—creating joyful memories far from hospital walls.

Diagnosed with hydrocephalus on ultrasound prior to her birth this young girl would have a V-P shunt put in shortly following birth, but her parents were unprepared for the complications that would follow when she contracted a very rare and serious E.coli infection that travelled to her brain. The survival rate from this complication was low and the future bleak and unknown. She was hospitalized for the next 8 weeks and underwent a total of 3 brain surgeries. Now 5 years old, she suffered no long term damage from her early ordeal. She still relies on her shunt to manage the excessive fluid, has complex issues with the patency of the shunt and GI issues dealing with the excess fluid but is otherwise developing normally. She is a shy but funny young girl with a bit of a dark sense of humor who loves to read, is learning to spell and write, and likes to create her own story books. She enjoys crafting, especially drawing, coloring and cutting out picture and shapes. She adores all Disney Princesses, especially Elsa, so Alberta Dreams cannot wait to make her dream to meet her favorite princess come true with a trip to Disneyland, California.

Life for this shy but sweet 5 year old is filled with medical complications, surgeries and hospital stays. Born during the pandemic, challenges started early with hypertonia and failure to thrive but he could not be properly assessed until 6 months of age when he was still not eating well and not meeting his developmental milestones. Now diagnosed with 2 severe connective tissue disorders, Marfan’s and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome that affect his major organs and have led to an aneurysm in his heart. He also lives with a G/J tube, anisocoria, autism and mastocytosis among numerous other complications.

This brave boy enjoys spending time with his family, especially his older brothers, swimming, the splash park, the zoo, riding bikes and hanging out at WEM and the space science center. Above all else he LOVES Mario Kart and Pokemon.

Alberta Dreams cannot wait for this young boy and his family to create wonderful lasting memories and to jump on it to life-sized Super Nintendo World in Florida.

Born extremely premature, at just 23 weeks, this now 7 year old girl suffered from a lack of oxygen at birth resulting in permanent brain damage. She was later diagnosed with quadriparetic Cerebral Palsy, with muscle stiffness, spasms and low muscle tone. She relies on a wheelchair for mobility, has bilateral hearing loss, is tube fed, is nonverbal, and requires full 1:1 support from her wonderful family. Even with all of the medical complexities she faces, she has a brilliant smile, loves to socialize, and be around people. She enjoys arts and crafts, helping her mom in the kitchen, going for walks, and picking out her favorite lipstick and clothes at the mall. More than anything Evie loves to be out doors in the warm water, where she is able to fully relax.Alberta Dreams cannot wait for this summer when we get to help her take the weight off and float and swim in her new back yard swim spa with her family.

This funny and charismatic 9 year old lives with cerebral palsy. He relies on medications to help control his muscle spasms and issues with muscle tone and a crocodile walker and wheelchair for mobility. He has endured grueling reconstructive surgeries that required months of rehabilitative therapy to regain mobility to his lower limbs. His CP also affects his mobility and dexterity in his arms and hands and to help with some of his PT and OT his parents bought him a Nintendo Switch and since then he has been obsessed.

He likes to play Kirby and Minecraft with his sisters, all of The Legend of Zeldas with his dad, play on the trampoline, have dance parties, build Lego, race and watch movies with his large extended family.

This young boy knows everything there is know about the new Super Nintendo World opening this spring in Orlando and we cannot wait for him and his family to take it all in, and join the live action games on their upcoming family trip to Universal Studios in Florida.

Diagnosed with an overgrowth syndrome in utero called Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, this now 7 year old twin boy has severe, confounding additional conditions, including global developmental delay, autism spectrum disorder, chronic lung disease, kyphosis of the spine and ADHD. He suffered a serious bowel obstruction and sepsis at 1 year of age that nearly cost him his life and left him with a permanent feeding tube.

This young boy enjoys the outdoors, going to the park, running in a secured greenspace or going for walks along a trail. He likes small toys that he can hold in his hands, magnets and enjoys pattern recognition. He likes any kind of mechanical toys and likes to take things apart and he and his twin brother like swimming and going to the pool, reading, playing with cars and playing video games.

Alberta Dreams is excited for this wonderful family to enjoy nature and the freedom in the great outdoors with a glamping experience at the wonderful William Watson Lodge where they can go on the gondola, hiking, horse back riding and have a campfire.

This 14 year old was your normal teen boy until 2 years ago when severe stomach aches led to numerous tests to diagnose severe Crohn’s disease and multiple surgeries to try to combat the fistulas along his lower GI tract. Luckily with multiple aggressive immunosuppressant medications they have finally managed to get this disease under control.

This teen is a great student, loves math and enjoys video games. He and his friends are into Pokeman and often to go hunting together. His family enjoy experiencing new events together, they go to Hockey games and love to go to Concerts together. But most of all this teen is a self proclaimed Foodie. Even as a young child he loved food. On Saturday mornings instead of sneaking down while everyone was asleep to watch cartoons his dad would come down in the morning to him watching the cooking channel.

Alberta Dreams is looking forward to bringing the cooking channel to life with amazing cooking classes, and a staycation and shopping spree to buy all of the cooking supplies he needs at WEM.

For this young princess her seizure disorder began at just 8 months old. Her first hospitalization involved hours of driving, 3 separate emergency rooms, numerous doctors, EEG, MRIs, and a battery of other tests where they learned that she was born with only half her corpus callosum – the part of the brain that connects the 2 hemispheres and allows information to transmit from either side of the brain. This now 6 year old, grade 1 girl, has been through numerous harsh medications, hospitalizations, special diets, new clinical trial drugs, and is now looking at surgery to try to control her seizures.

Despite all she and her family have been through, she is a happy and well adjusted little girl. She loves reading and showing off her Highland dance moves. She has no fear, loves roller coasters and playing dress up with her little sister.

Alberta Dreams cannot wait to send this young girl and her family to Disney World to ride roller coaster, throw a coin into the wishing fountain, and hang out with princesses.

What started out as what doctors thought was a flu, quickly deteriorated for this 8 year old boy to 13 days in the ICU, 9 of which in a coma, suffering from Meningoencephalitis and toxic shock. The virus he had contracted had gone to his brain and shut down all his organs. He was in liver failure, kidney failure, and heart failure. He was put on dialysis and ecmo. Miraculously, on day 9, he woke up, spent another 4 days in the ICU, and he would make the most amazing recovery. But due to the trauma several layers of his skin all over his entire body flaked off, leaving him covered in scars and he would later have to amputate all 10 of his toes due to a lack of blood flow to his extremities while on dialysis and ecmo.

Through everything he has remained strong, positive, and never complains. He is a very happy boy, he loves school, sports, Lego, and video games. He enjoys playing Roadblocks on his tablet.

After all this amazing family has been though in the past several months, Alberta Dreams cannot wait to give this young boy a piece of his childhood back with a once in a lifetime family trip to Disney World,

Like many autoimmune diseases, this young girl’s symptoms began with what mom thought was growing pains, she felt cold and achy, stiff and it was hard to move her limbs. The doctors were convinced it was just the flu and she’d get better on her own. Despite numerous visits to the doctor, and several weeks later she continued to get worse. She developed what looked like dark purple bruising around her knees, nodules on her knuckles and a red rash over much of her body. After much frustration and several more visits to the doctor they finally saw a doctor who knew instantly what was wrong and she was finally diagnosed with Juvenile Dermatomyositis in December 2019.

This quiet and a bit shy preteen is now 11 years old, has a few good friends but mostly keeps to herself and likes to spend her time hanging out in her room on her iPhone staying in touch with her favorite younger cousin, or playing her favorite games Animal Crossing and Forte Night. She likes arts and crafts, coloring, crocheting, and making slime.

Alberta Dreams is excited to create the bedroom of her dreams to give her a special place to hang out with her friends and family.

Born 14 weeks early, this twin lived full-time in the hospital until he was a year old, then in and out of the ICU until he was 4. Born before their lungs were fully developed and diagnosed with extreme prematurity and pulmonary hypertension, followed by life long issues relating to chronic lung disease. Now 10 years old, he and his twin are 2 completely opposite boys. This quiet and reserved boy is a man of few words but a very dedicated and hard working athlete.

Over the past year this boy has defied all odds, been able to ween off supplemental oxygen, and even made the local 11U AA baseball team this season. He loves baseball, is passionate about all sports and enjoys being outdoors with his family.

Alberta Dreams can’t wait until this family can spend their summers camping around the province watching and playing AA baseball in their new Dream RV.

This now 16 year old, was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease at just 6 years of age. Growing up an active child and youth the family knew that a kidney transplant would be in her near future. For the next several years she lived her life to the fullest when she found her passion for football. Since there was no girls league for tackle football, at 12 she joined the boys league where she loved to play defensive back, line back, and receiver. She lived for football but at 13 years old her kidney function for both kidneys were now so compromised that they needed to find her a live donor for a pre-emptive transplant before it was too late. After finding an amazing donor through their friends and family on social media and numerous post transplant complications this teen is now on the road to recovery.

Though this brave teen will never be able to play contact sports again due to her organ transplant, Alberta Dreams can’t wait to to make her dream to see an NFL football game in person come true with a family trip to Miami to see the Dolphins play at the Hardrock Stadium.

In a small northern Alberta community, this teen is finally thriving with life on the farm. Diagnosed with Clathrin Light Factor Disorder I, gross motor, speech and cognitive delays this young man’s parents tried all of the early interventions available for many years to give him the best chance at a happy life, but in 2020, amidst a global pandemic, they decided to relocate to a farm to try a new approach. Since then he has began to flourish, he has made huge improvements in all areas. On the farm this teen loves to feed the cows, cutting down trees, fixing the fences with his dad, and riding the horses and the quad. In grade 6, he loves spending time with his grade 8 mentor, enjoys recess, workshop, and cooking classes where he learned to make a great grilled cheese sandwich. He loves the outdoors and enjoys fishing, swimming, water slides, and playing with his remote control construction equipment.

This teen’s horse, Old Guy, has recently had to retire from work on the farm so Alberta Dreams is excited to make his dream come true for a “New Old Guy” to bring him joy for many years to come.

This passionate soccer player’s journey began as what they thought was a sports injury that just wouldn’t heal. After a lifelong passion for the sport and hopes to get a soccer scholarship to become a nurse or respiratory therapist, plans changed when this senior in high school was diagnosed with Juvenile idiopathic Arthritis last year. After months of physio therapy, occupational therapy, and numerous medication trials, this teen’s disease is finally under control.

Now the team manager instead of a player, this bright and charismatic youth has big plans for her future. She still loves school, especially chemistry, biology and leadership, hanging out with her friends, and inspiring other young girls as a Girl Guide Leader.

She enjoys the winter, the snow and mountains. And fell in love with “High Tea” while on a guiding trip to London a few years ago.

Alberta Dreams is excited to make her dream come true of High Tea at the amazing Chateau Lake Louise this winter.

Born with cerebral palsy this funny 6 year old girl loves school, especially math. She enjoys adapted gymnastics, swimming, and waterslides. Also diagnosed with epilepsy as well as neurogenic bladder, this sweet young girl fell in love with everything “Mario” while recuperating from spinal surgery at the Glenrose and has been obsessed ever since.

Spending time together is very important to this family. This little girl enjoys sit-skiing with her dad, camping, playing and watching sports, and being outdoors.

Alberta Dreams is super excited to send this fun loving family to hang out with Mario and Luigi at Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios, Hollywood.

This now 5-year-old was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 2 years of age because of a brain malformation very early on in the pregnancy. Her medical care is a full-time job. She relies on a wheelchair for mobility, is nonverbal, and is tube fed. She has required numerous surgeries and is hospitalized and intubated frequently due to her severe seizures. She started kindergarten this year with her twin sister where she has lots of friends at school and in the community and likes to be around other kids. She loves swimming, takes adaptive swimming lessons at the community center near by, loves being outside, going for walks, going to the We rock the spectrum gym and especially loves her dog. Her amazing family makes every effort to include their special girl in all aspects of life, they do not want to limit her activities and want to ensure her sister has every opportunity available for her as well. They like to go to the Zoo, visit the Muttart Conservatory, the Jon Jenssen Center, Ft Edmonton Park and really enjoyed visiting the William Watson lodge in Kananaskis this past year.

Alberta Dreams is very excited for their next adventure on a family trip to Vancouver, BC where they will get to play in the ocean and go whale watching!

Originally born in west Africa this young man’s family struggled to find the cause of their new baby’s constant crying and seemingly significant pain. It wasn’t until almost 18 months of age before he was diagnosed with sickle cell disease. Now living in Canada, on treatment, his disease is well managed.

Though he still fatigues easily, has to limit his activities, and has periodic flares, this 16 year old still loves to play basketball, hang out with his friends, make and watch streaming videos, and play Xbox. This new senior in high school loves social studies and learning about history. We cannot wait for him to find all the cool tech he needs for grade 12 and beyond with his shopping spree to Apple.

Growing up, this 15 year old was your average athletic child, in her early teens she was heavily involved in sports of all kinds. She was a competitive gymnast, avid rock climber, took judo, played soccer and cricket, and was a competitive swimmer until she started experiencing random symptoms. After a long journey, with the constant support of her parents advocating on her behalf, she was finally diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome in 2021. Now 15, finished grade 10, she is still quite fearful of getting hurt or injuring herself but she is getting her life back, relying on an electric wheelchair to help with her mobility, pain, and fatigue, she is finding new passions and loves drama and musical theater. She is funny, articulate, loves to talk, loves her dog Hobbs, and wants to get involved and give back anywhere she can. She is passionate about the ocean, aquariums, and loves to collect rocks and crystals. We cannot wait to help recreate her favorite vacation from when she was 6 years old with a trip for her and her family to Victoria, British Columbia.

Alberta Dreams
#7, 12122 68 Street NW
Edmonton AB, T5B 1R1
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Moebius Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects the nerves in the face, for this 6 year old she she is her family’s little unicorn – rare, majestic, and wonderful but medically unique and they have not been able to really get a true understanding of all of her medical issues. This beautiful girl needs constant care for all things, she relies on a wheelchair, is non verbal, cannot eat or drink, has a g-tube, is severely developmentally delayed, her fine and gross motor function are limited, and she is hearing impaired.  She loves music and noisy toys with bright lights and contrasting colors. She enjoys bubbles and loves to be in the warm water swimming, and according to her brother her favorite colors are orange and yellow and she loves Disney movies.

Alberta Dreams is very excited for this wonderful family of 5 to enjoy trip specially planned just for this lovely girl in Disney World, Florida.

Born with Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia Type 2—an ultra-rare genetic disorder with only 81 confirmed cases worldwide—this beautiful 3-year-old requires constant care and support. PCH affects brain development, and she will never walk, talk, or feed normally. Yet, her joyful spirit shines through in every giggle, every soft curl, and every moment she connects with the world around her.

Though her vision is limited, she delights in sounds and sensations—music, flashing lights, chimes, laughter, birdsong, and the revving of engines from her brothers’ dirt bikes. She loves the taste of strawberries and watermelon, the minty freshness of toothpaste, and the feeling of floating in water with a breeze on her face and sand between her toes.

Alberta Dreams is honored to send this incredible family on a week-long vacation to the white sands of the Riviera Maya—where she can experience the sensory joys she loves most, surrounded by the warmth of her family.

At 10 years old, this boy’s symptoms began as arm and back pain until one day he woke up and his eyes felt heavy and he could not focus. They discovered bleeding behind his eyes. He was rushed to the ER with severe increased fluid on is brain causing his eyes to bulge and extreme pain. After numerous tests, MRIs, CTs and spinal taps he was diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension, rarely seen in children. Over then next several years, he would try numerous medications and a shunt to drain fluid from his brain to his abdomen. Living with temporary blindness and severe pain, and resulting in permanent damage to his optic nerves, recurrent headaches, fatigue, and vision loss this now 15 year old is finally starting to get life back on track. This resilient teen stayed positive, cracking jokes no matter how scary things got. He loves water and all of the creatures that live in it, taking roads trips to discovered hidden gems throughout the province and spending time with his family.Alberta Dreams cannot wait for him to explore underwater life at the aquarium and all the exciting things Toronto has to offer this fall.

Born early at just 4 lbs, this now 8 year old was tube fed by 2 months and early genetic testing came back with the only known case of X13 duplication. By 6 months he was diagnosed with hydrocephalus and tracheomalacia and by 10 months he had surgery for a permanent G-tube. During his stay in hospital he contracted RSV and C-Diff and had a PICC line, which is when they learned he had a clotting disorder that resulted in a pulmonary embolism. He was in the ICU and on a ventilator for 2 more weeks and spent his first birthday in hospital. Soon after, he began having seizures and suffered an extreme overdose of antiseizure medication due to a pharmacy error. The combination of his unknown genetic condition and lasting damage from the complicated events early on have left this boy non-verbal, with global developmental delay, autism, scoliosis, and low central muscle tone.

This resilient young boy likes animals and enjoys being outside swimming, the splash park, the petting zoo, and bouncy houses.

Alberta Dreams cannot wait to help create some wonderful memories for him and his family with a dream come true trip to Disney World.

This happy-go-lucky teen will be celebrating her 18th birthday this coming fall. Her journey began before she was born when she was diagnosed with hydrocephalus. After birth they determined she had a brain malformation called Dandy Walker Syndrome, the part of the brain that controls movement, balance and cognition did not develop normally. Later diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and epilepsy she relies on a wheelchair for mobility, a permanent g-tube and she is 100% dependent on her family for all of her care.

Currently in Grade 12, she will be graduating this year, she takes the school bus each day and goes to school full days with her 1:1 EA. She loves art, dance, music and yoga classes. But most of all this wonderful teen loves the outdoors and camping with an amazing group of family and friends.

Alberta Dreams is proud to help this wonderful girl and her family become the HAPPIEST of “The Happy Campers” with a new tent trailer.

This young girl was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at just 2 weeks old. She was unable to absorb the nutrients from the food she was eating, began aspirating food and liquids into her lungs leading to several bacterial infections, pneumonias, hospitalizations and repeated bronchoscopies in her first 2 years.

Now 7 and in grade 2, she loves to spend her time with her family and friends. Her favorite subjects in school are math and art. She loves drawing, painting and playing the train game. She enjoys being outdoors on the trampoline, swimming, paddle boarding, roller blading, bike riding and skiing.

Like most 7-year-old girls she also loves princesses and has always dreamt about going to Disney. She loves Disney movies, is obsessed with Stitch. Alberta Dreams cannot wait for her to see Stitch in person when she and her family visit Disney World this coming year.

Diagnosed with an overgrowth syndrome in utero called Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, this now 7 year old twin boy has severe, confounding additional conditions, including cerebral palsy, global developmental delay, autism spectrum disorder, chronic lung disease and was born with a diaphragmatic hernia that required surgery at just 5 days old. He has required numerous surgeries on his legs, tendons, botox injections for muscle spasms and numerous dental surgeries and will likely require more surgeries as he grows.

This young boy likes action figures and wants to be a superhero when he grows up. He is an avid reader and will often read for hours on his own. He enjoys telling stories, comic books, Lego and is obsessed with Mine Craft. He and his brother both enjoy the water and swimming.

Alberta Dreams cannot wait for this wonderful family to blast off on a mini vacation at the space themed room in WEM where they can explore a year round tropical beach, the rides of Galaxyland, explore the restaurants and visit with Cosmo the mascot.

Born at just 24 weeks, this now 4 year old girl spent the first 5 months of life in the NICU on oxygen and requiring tube feeds until her lungs developed enough to be able to go home. As a result she lives with  asthma, chronic lung disease, severe gastroesophageal reflux disease and severe oral aversion. Very early on they knew she would likely never eat substantial food and gave her a permanent surgical G-Tube. Still tiny for her age, she is mostly non-verbal, has global developmental delay and autism, she is still hospitalized frequently with respiratory distress and requires supplemental oxygen with any minor cold.

This young girl likes to snuggle and spend time outdoors. She likes playing with musical toys and books and loves to go to the lake to go swimming and playing in the mud.

Alberta Dreams is excited to help this wonderful girl and her family purchase a small tow behind RV to spend plenty of time camping at the many lakes near by swimming and playing with her siblings.

Now 13, this twin and his brother were born extremely early at just 27 weeks. He spent 82 days in the NICU but once he was released he had a relatively uneventful childhood until September 2021. His symptoms started out very vague and nonspecific. He was extremely fatigued and unable to do much activity without his heart racing. After numerous months, multiple hospital admissions, and lots of advocating from his parents, he was finally diagnosed with severe Grave’s Disease. An illness normally easily controlled with Thyroid medications has significantly impacted this teens life and they have struggled to manage his thyroid well enough to regain normal activity. He struggles with extreme fatigue, racing heart rate periodically, and requires a wheelchair for long distance.

Going into grade 8 this year, he loves the winter, playing in the snow, bike riding and playing on the trampoline. Like most teen boys he loves gaming and hanging out with a few close friends and his family. We cannot wait to create this teen a cool movie/gaming room in his basement.

This soon to be 18 year old was born with spastic, dystonic, quadriplegic cerebral palsy. In addition to the numerous complications that come along with this diagnosis, she has very limited mobility, can only really control her eye gaze, relies on a wheelchair for mobility and requires full 1:1 support for all activities of daily living.

This young lady loves to go to church, loves the people, the singing, and visiting with all of her friends. She enjoys music of all kinds, to have stories and books read to her, enjoys watching romantic comedies, swimming, going to the mall, and being outside as much as possible. She graduated this high school this past year and loved everything about school, especially her building classes and cooking classes.

Alberta Dreams cannot wait to curate her dream bedroom fit for a maturing young lady with all the comforts and sensory items we can find to bring her joy for many years to come.

This 9 year old is the opposite of shy and reserved, he is outgoing, boisterous, and quite the character. He is funny and silly and at times a bit indecisive. He was born with spastic quadriparetic cerebral palsy and he relies on leg orthotics, an alligator walker, and a wheelchair for mobility.He is a huge movie fan, but his favorites are the old movies. He loves music, especially Tom Petty, The Beatles, Alan Jackson and George Straight. Not only does this 9 year old like to watch sports but to play sports too, he plays volt hockey, sledge hockey, wheelchair basketball, and wheelchair tennis. The family enjoys spending time together; they enjoy long walks outdoors, riding bikes, watching sports, playing Harry Potter UNO, and movie nights.Alberta Dreams is excited to make spending time outdoors as a family so much easier with a new adapted stroller.

Born 14 weeks early, this twin lived full-time in the hospital until he was 18 months old, then in and out of the ICU until he was 4. Born before their lungs were fully developed and diagnosed with extreme prematurity and pulmonary hypertension, followed by life long issues relating to chronic lung disease. Now 10 years old, this vibrant, silly and funny boy still requires supplemental oxygen for 16 hours each day and still fatigues quite easily with exertion. In addition to managing his shortness of breath issues he also has decreased vision, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder and an intellectual disability.

This boy is quite the character, always joking around. He enjoys gymnastics, swimming, and watching sports with his family. He loves to watch movies, especially the scary ones, watch you tube and play online.

Alberta Dreams can’t wait until this family can spend their summers camping around the province watching and playing AA baseball in their new Dream RV.

This now 9 year old boy was born at 31 weeks because of concerns with intrauterine growth restriction during his mom’s pregnancy. In addition to being born prematurely he was diagnosed with multiple holes in his heart and clubbed feet, which have been surgically repaired, a chromosomal anomaly, global developmental delay and recurrent urinary tract issues leading to frequent treatments and hospitalizations. Still much smaller than other boys his age he does not allow that to slow him down.

He is very social and loves to be around people. He likes to go swimming and enjoys visiting the aquarium store, playing with electronics and anything with a small engine. He is learning to communicate with his AAC device and enjoys playing with Lego, trains and reading books or watching movies.

Alberta Dreams is excited to create a fun and sensory stimulating environment in their backyard where they can read, watch movies and play under the stars this summer.

This teen’s difficulties began early in his youth with speech delays and behavioral issues that quickly escalated with the onset of a seizure disorder at 5 years of age. Now nearly 18 he is diagnosed with intellectual disability, scoliosis, convergence insufficiency, ocular-motor deficiency, disruptive behavior, ADHD, Tourette’s, autism spectrum disorder and most recently hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). With his HSP this young man experiences muscle wasting, weakness and spasm in his lower limbs and hips, decreased range of motion, dementia and optic neuropathy.

In the past few years this teen has given up many of the things that used to bring him joy though he does still like art class where he gets to be creative, spending time on his computer watching You Tube videos and spending time with his 2 cats and 2 dogs.

He does enjoy taking long hot baths to soak his painful muscles and Alberta Dreams cannot wait to make his dream for a backyard hot tub come true this year.

This fun and happy 8 year old girl is a bright and shining star to everyone who meets her. She loves gymnastics and watching movies. Her favorite movie is Avatar because Kat, like her, has epilepsy. This young girl’s seizures began when she was just a baby at 6 months of age and despite numerous different trials of medications they are refractory and she will likely never be seizure free.This knowledge does not slow this young girl down. She works tirelessly, with the help of her family, to inspire and advocate for children with epilepsy and to educate other kids about epilepsy. Last year she organized “Purple Day” where she taught her classmates what to do if they see someone having a seizure.Alberta Dreams cannot wait to send this young girl and her family to Disney World to enjoy a new adventure in a far off land and hopefully meet Ariel in person.

In May 2020 this boy was your average 9 year old who loved riding his bike and playing with his siblings until life changed unexpectedly when he suffered from a series of severe cerebellar strokes requiring 4 brain surgeries, a V-P shunt, and a feeding tube. He was unable to walk, talk, eat, or even sit up on his own. He spent over 2 months in the Stollery before being transferred to an extensive rehabilitation program at the Glenrose.

Though this now 12 year old boy still has some residual disabilities from these strokes, after much hard work on his part, life is getting back to normal. Things are harder for him than they used to be, but he is back home, walking, talking, back in school, and enjoying life again. He is a passionate and expert car lover who also enjoys Lego, swimming, riding ATVs, and watching You Tube videos.

Alberta Dreams can’t wait for this extreme car enthusiast to take a family trip to Los Angeles, California to visit his extended family and the super cool Petersen Automotive Museum.

This boisterous and chatty 3-year old’s medical issues began before he was born when they found out he would be born with his abdominal organs in a sack on the outside of his body and with Pentalogy of Cantrell. This little boy spent the first 9 months of his life in hospital, and had his first surgery was when he was just 14 days old when the had to put a tube in trachea to help him breath. Amazingly, at just over 2, he had his tracheostomy removed and is now able to breath from his mouth and nose normally. This wonderful boy will have many challenges through out his childhood and into adulthood, and though his journey is just beginning, meeting him you would never know it. He is  talkative and rambunctious, is very busy and always wants to be right in the mix. He likes to explore, ride his bike, walking on trails, playing soccer, swimming, and is passionate about trains of all kinds.

We cannot wait for this amazingly boy to meet his entire extended and to celebrate the huge milestone of having his breathing tube removed at an epic outdoor family party that Alberta Dreams will throw for them.

As the second baby in a set of twins, this now 12 year old boy was born at just 908 grams, spent the first 126 days of life in the NICU and was later diagnosed with spastic/dystonic, diplegic cerebral palsy. Though he is wheelchair bound, this young man is very active and lives his best life everyday.

He is a bright, energetic, and boisterous teen who loves bowling, sledge hockey, cross country skiing, and hand biking. With a very close family of 5, with 3 boys, they enjoy playing family games, movie nights, and swimming. In addition to all of the activity this 12 year old loves gaming and watching You Tube. Alberta Dreams can’t wait to make his dream come true for his very own super cool, and super fast, Gaming Computer set up.

Born at just 1 lb, 2 oz this young man was not fully developed at the time of birth. Among many of his major organs that were not ready to face the world was his gastrointestinal system, and he soon suffered from necrotizing enterocolitis (the tissue in his bowels started to die). After spending most of his first 2 years in the Stollery Hospital and numerous surgeries, this strong and courageous boy has only 50 cm of his bowels remaining and is diagnosed with short gut syndrome and FASD. He has never eaten food and up until last year relied on a central line into his heart for nutrition. Now completing grade 8 this past year, he is healthier than he has ever been, has a permeant G-Tube and is thriving with his permanent foster family.

He is always busy, eager and willing to help. He enjoys going to the zoo, the museum and loves going to the movies. Since the age of 4, he has been obsessed with Star Wars, Marvel movies and comic books, and Mario. Alberta Dreams is excited to send this teen to the edge of the Galaxy to fly the Millennium Falcon in Disneyland California with his family.

Just finishing grade 11, at 17, this outgoing, personable, and funny young man lives his life to the fullest. After many challenges to correctly diagnose this child during his early years of development, back braces, surgeries, and much advocating by his family, he was finally diagnosed with a rare, very severe, and degenerative genetic disorder called Morquios Syndrome. Though he could at one point walk and even ride a bike, he is now wheelchair bound and requires a great deal of ongoing medical care and support. For many of us that may slow us down and be hard to cope with but this family of 5 with 3 boys takes life one day at a time and always tries to stay positive. This teen loves school, and hanging out with his many friends, his favorite teacher is his Phys Ed teacher. He likes football (not the American kind) and hockey; his favorite players are Messi, Zidane, and McDavid. This young man especially enjoys video games that allow him to escape some of his limitations of daily life. Alberta Dreams is super excited to help to create an Extreme Gaming Bedroom Make Over, complete with a hi-low fully adjustable bed, PS5, and all the cool tech to go along with.