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LondonA 15-month-old boy from Sarnia, Ont., is recovering at home after being bitten by an eastern massasauga rattlesnake on the Thanksgiving long weekend while visiting a family cottage on the Bruce Peninsula. The bite required treatment at two hospitals and 18 doses of antivenom. Wells Gladwish, 15 months, was treated at 2 hospitals after being bitten by an eastern massasauga rattlesnakeTravis Dolynny · CBC News · Posted: Oct 16, 2026 3:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 5 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Wells Gladwish, 15 months, was bitten by an eastern massasauga rattlesnake on the Bruce Peninsula. (Matt Huggett)A 15-month-old boy from Sarnia, Ont., is recovering at home after being bitten by a rattlesnake at a family cottage on the Thanksgiving long weekend, requiring treatment at two hospitals and 18 doses of antivenom. Wells Gladwish was bitten on the thumb around 12:45 p.m. on Sunday while spending the afternoon with family at their cottage in Cape Chin North, on the Bruce Peninsula.

15 hours agoAngela FergusonNorth WestFamily handoutRonnie, aged 18 months, underwent a stem cell transplant in hospital after an anonymous donor came forwardAn 18-month-old boy with a rare blood condition has been given "a second chance at life" after undergoing a life-saving stem cell transplant, his mum has said. Ronnie, from Wirral on Merseyside, was diagnosed with aplastic anaemia - which is fatal if left untreated - a week before his first birthday in March last year. He underwent the transplant after a suitable anonymous match was found in the US, with Ronnie's mum Laura saying: "I can't describe the feeling of what the donor did for our little boy. "The 31-year-old said Ronnie was "doing absolutely amazing" back home after the transplant in August. She said: "Thank you will never be enough for him [the donor], but I think to say it face to face and even if he was able to meet our little boy, that he's given a second chance at life, it would be amazing. "But no words will ever show our appreciation for him. "Aplastic anaemia occurs when the bone marrow cannot make enough new blood cells for the body to work normally, with about 100 to 150 new cases in the UK every year.

The author and her family stayed in an extended-stay hotel for nearly three months while looking for a rental. After eight years in the same home, my family needed a change. We planned to rent while we built a new house, imagining a brief transition between the two. Instead, the rental market had other plans. Apparently, it was a very popular time to be looking for a new place to live. With multiple families vying for each house, landlords could be choosy. Being self-employed with dogs put us near the bottom of the list. In the meantime, we were living in an extended-stay hotel. Still, I wasn't discouraged because…well, how long could it take to find a match? What I thought would be a two-week hotel stay stretched into nearly three months. During that time, my husband, our 1-year-old daughter, Talia, two dogs, and our cat learned what it meant to live with little space. More surprisingly, hotel living changed how I parented — and eventually, my views on home. We took what we needed, and the rest went in storageWe moved everything we owned into two storage units, and I packed for a short stay.

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) could transform diabetes management for millions of Americans with type 2 diabetes who don't take insulin, according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The clinical trial found that adults using CGMs spent approximately five additional hours each day within their target blood sugar range compared with those receiving routine care. Nearly twice as many CGM users also achieved an A1c level below 7%, a common treatment goal for people with diabetes.