We left the science to the doctors and trusted our team while advocating for positivity and magic along the way. Nicky would tell you that although he went through course after course of treatment (13 rounds of chemo including high dose, a stem cell transplant and 19 procedures, liver ablation therapy and 3 weeks of radiation) and having complications along the way it really makes a difference to have the lens of presence while enduring this. Allowing yourself to see everything (even when it feels like it’s stepping backwards) as a step towards the outcome that you wish for. It is the only way to get through.

Fear is the opposite of love, therefore lead all your actions and reactions with love. Don’t google your statistics because those are based on someone else, not you. You can do the impossible, especially if you have your friends and community to help you. If you can’t find them at that moment, it is our hope that Team Nicky can be your community and team.

Nicky is considered cured and is back at school and learning how to be human all over again. We’re so lucky that for the last two and a half years Nick get’s to heal and enjoy life again with his little brother and cousins. And of course his besties.

He is committed to making a difference on T8 - Having led the effort to form the Team Nicky Chair of Oncology, Hematology, Blood & Marrow Transplant at BC Children’s Hospital by raising $5 million dollars. These funds are banked and will not be touched. The interest made will be used at the discretion of the Chair, to allow for the development of proactive, preventive, and cutting edge treatments with an emphasis on compassion. The Team Nicky Chair is to be the voice for the patients in the oncology ward, those undergoing the clinical and bedside treatments to ensure we are one step ahead of whatever is needed by whoever walks through our hospitals doors.