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June 2010
Tyson's turn to score for CHEO does it again!
A ball hockey tournament
organized by Tyson Sherrer raises $8,041.00 and again, he donates that money to CHEO through the Ryan Williams Fund. Following the tournament, Tyson poses with the CHEO Bear, former Ottawa Senators winger Shean Donovan and Sens defenceman Matt Carkner, who came out to lend their support.
Tyson says he wants to give something back to CHEO, because that hospital has been there for him when
he needed it. Tyson was born with what might be described as a birthmark on his head and that growth
contained cancer cells. He went through a slow and painful process to stretch the skin and then endured
eleven surgeries to remove areas at risk. He is being monitored by CHEO for several other issues as well.
He organized his ball hockey tournaments so children could participate in fundraising for CHEO. "I want them to
know there are kids out there who need help from other kids. It's not always the adults that help," says Tyson.
June 2009
Jeanne Robertson, Operations Director for In Patient Paediatrics at CHEO,
announces another equipment purchase at the hospital, with $90,000 from the Ryan Williams Fund.
She reported that CHEO has added an anaesthesia airway video cart to their
equipment inventory to help anaesthetists manage difficult intubations.
Tracheal intubation is performed on many patients receiving general anaesthesia
for surgery. Airway misadventures such as inadequate ventilation, difficult intubation and oesophageal
intubation are the leading causes of complications involving the respiratory system and are
responsible for the most serious injuries (death, brain injury, airway trauma).
June 2009
The 7th Annual Drive for CHEO raises $50,000
May 2009
Ten-year-old Tyson Sherrer launches Tyson's turn to score for CHEO. He organizes a ball hockey
tournament, raising $7,667.00, which he donates to CHEO through the Ryan Williams Fund.
June 2008
CHEO Foundation President Fred Bartlett announces that the hospital had used $110,000 from
the Ryan Williams Fund to buy a laparoscopic device for urological surgery and that
it was already in service.
Pictured below is the state-of-the-art ConMed Linvatec Laparoscopic Surgical
System that incorporates the latest technology for the Insufflators and includes a Video System.
The video system is the most important item giving the best possible image and detail,
which is crucial for the surgery. The Dual Port Insufflator produces controlled air pressure
to create a cavity for the surgical site inside the body.
In explaining the equipment's features, Dr. Michael P. Leonard, Professor
(Surgery and Pediatrics), University of Ottawa, Chief of Medical Staff, Chief of Pediatric Urology
said, "The acquisition of the new endoscopic/laparoscopy tower has advanced the practice of Pediatric
Urology at CHEO. The clarity of the images provided during endoscopic surgery procedures affords the
surgeon better visualization, and allows surgical trainees to observe the operations in great detail.
This not only benefits our current patients, but because of the teaching facilitated by the equipment,
will also benefit patients in the future."
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This equipment makes it possible
to perform minimally invasive operations - also known as keyhole surgeries, because they are
usually conducted through the smallest of incisions. So recovery time is much shorter.
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Decked out in hospital scrubs, under the guidance of Dr. Luis Guerra,
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Paediatric Urology, I actually took the new equipment
for a test drive - on an orange!
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A CTV Ottawa camera crew was there to profile this new equipment at CHEO.
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June 2008
The 6th Annual Drive for CHEO raises More Than $35,000
June 2007
The 5th Annual Drive for CHEO raises $27,000
June 2006
The 5th Annual Drive for CHEO raises $18,000
June 2005
The 4th Annual Drive for CHEO raises $15,000
June 2004
The 3rd Annual Drive for CHEO raises $12,000
June 2003
The 2nd Annual Drive for CHEO raises $10,000
June 2002
Ryan launches the first Drive for CHEO and raises $7,500
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