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couldn’t work, couldn’t even enjoy my own kids. Every
minute of every day was tedious and painful. You almost
start to feel like, What’s the point of living?
My doctor and physiotherapist here in Canada are
both friends of mine, and I have a tremendous amount of
confidence in them. They wanted to take a conservative
approach and were reticent to do any kind of operation
on my neck. “You’ll never have the same quality of life,”
they told me. Well, I toughed it out for three months and
felt like, Damn with that. I’m not living like this anymore.

“No matter what happens with
the economy, I’ll be keeping
Healthnetwork at the top of my list

of charities I continue to support.”

A Brighter Sky There is little Colin loves more than snuggling with his
granddaughter Hayley Grace. “I have a great passion for
I called Healthnetwork, as I have so many times before, children. My mother was the head nurse in a preemie nursery
but honestly not even believing there was a solution. at the local hospital. She instilled in me a love of children and
This time, I got to directly experience the kindness of kindness. We grew up in poverty, but even not having a lot,
and compassion, paired with speed and efficiency, my mother taught us to share it. That’s what life is about—
that my friends and family have told me about. sharing. Healthnetwork helps me share access to good
They recommended I see Dr. Roger Hartl, a neurological healthcare with people I know.”
surgeon in New York. I flew down the next day,
a Wednesday, and Dr. Hartl said he could operate
Friday morning.
For decades I’ve known I had a displaced vertebrae
from a car accident when I was 14. Dr. Hartl showed me
on the MRI how the vertebra at the injury site wore down
as I’ve aged. I had a bone spur pinching a nerve in my
neck, which was causing the intense pain in my wrist,
at the end point of the nerve.
When I woke up after the surgery, I swear the sky
was brighter. It’s hard to describe the relief. It was like Coming Soon!
I escaped from a dark tunnel of despair. I was euphoric— 2022 Annual Appeal
and I am eternally grateful.

Open Doors If you’re interested in joining Colin MacDonald
The Healthnetwork staff are some of the finest and and Tom & Betty Schievelbein as a lead donor
most compassionate people I have ever met in the for our 2022 Annual Appeal, please contact
health system. They have an unbelievable depth of Healthnetwork President Megan Frankel at
knowledge and connections that open doors to the +1 440-264-1923.
greatest experts and advances in medicine. I cannot
praise them enough. No matter what happens with the
economy, I’ll be keeping Healthnetwork at the top of
my list of charities I continue to support. ✦

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