Toronto Police are telling a story they know well. It’s how seven year old Samantha (Sammy) Sirbos has fought her way back from leukemia twice and is now at home with her loving family. They know it well because Sammy’s dad is PC Chris Sirbos. We see the family here with Sammy (at right) and sister Ava, four, with mom and dad Maria and Chris.“When you’re waiting, every second, every minute, every hour and every day seem like forever,” says Chris. The family waited a month for a bone marrow match, never leaving the Hospital for Sick Children and, in a month, the doctors came in to tell them the good news. They had found a match – a 24-year-old man from Europe. “Even though you exhale, you know there is a hard road ahead of you,” says Chris. The purpose of making this public is to assist the life-saving blood collection that helps leukemia patients. This project puts police, fire and EMS staff in a friendly battle to collect blood. They call it Sirens for Life. Good work guys. Girl, 7, beats back leukemia with help of friends
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Toronto Police are telling a story they know well. It’s how seven year old Samantha (Sammy) Sirbos has fought her way back from leukemia twice and is now at home with her loving family. They know it well because Sammy’s dad is PC Chris Sirbos. We see the family here with Sammy (at right) and sister Ava, four, with mom and dad Maria and Chris.“When you’re waiting, every second, every minute, every hour and every day seem like forever,” says Chris. The family waited a month for a bone marrow match, never leaving the Hospital for Sick Children and, in a month, the doctors came in to tell them the good news. They had found a match – a 24-year-old man from Europe. “Even though you exhale, you know there is a hard road ahead of you,” says Chris. The purpose of making this public is to assist the life-saving blood collection that helps leukemia patients. This project puts police, fire and EMS staff in a friendly battle to collect blood. They call it Sirens for Life. Good work guys. 