Funeral Announcement for Heather Kathleen Little 1979-2023

Dear family and friends, Please join us on Saturday July 6th, 2024 at Kelso Beach, Owen Sound, for a funeral service and celebration of life honouring Heather Kathleen Little. Itinerary - Family greeting at the Kelso Beach front gate 1-2pm Funeral service 2-3pm Music 3-4pm Reception 4-6pm If you plan to attend, please RSVP by...

From the small of her heart…

Hello dear friends and family, it’s Kitty. I know many of you by now, have heard the news of our beautiful Heather’s passing. Just before midnight on December 1, our wonderful Heather quietly passed away while sleeping in her mother Nonie's arms. Although we are devastated by her loss, we take solace in knowing her...

“Limited Edition” #HeatherStrong shirt & a wee update

Hi all, I hinted at a little exciting nugget in a recent blog and I’m happy to let you know that we have launched a “limited edition” #HeatherStrong shirt. You can find it - and all of the #HeatherStrong merchandise by clicking here. The limited addition was inspired by comments that some of the doctors...

We like to be “Grossly Stable”

Happy Saturday! A lot of you may have already seen this mini-documentary with Gina Livy. Gina and I had a wonderful day together, talking and laughing. She and her team made me feel so comfortable that the time flew by! If you wish to watch the interview, click here. And now……..an update on my health....

Summer Fun

Hi All, I apologize for my radio silence lately - luckily there hasn’t been much to report! Since the start of July, I’ve been taking the 4th line treatment of the Lonsurf pills, plus the infusion I’ve been getting for over a year with my old chemo. During some days of each cycle so far,...

Update and another podcast!

Hello all, Since you last heard from me, I had been out of the hospital and I was on another podcast, with a dear friend Kinga Jacob. It was an interesting format, as she captured my brother Chris and I chatting, people coming in and out of the house, all the action! To listen to...

F*ck Cancer

Hi all, It’s been a bit of an eventful week. Filled with rollercoaster emotions and many tears and laughs. Saturday night, I started feeling quite unwell, spiked a fever of 103, had an extremely high heart rate and a distended stomach. I was convinced that I didn’t need to go to the emergency room, convinced...

50th chemo in the books!

Hi all, I am just home from my 50th chemo treatment, and still can’t believe that I’ve hit this milestone! As you know I set a goal of hitting $50,000 raised for 50 treatments to go to the Oncology department at the Grey Bruce Health Services hospital in Owen Sound. I am SO proud and...

Let’s hit $50k for 50 Chemo treatments!!!

Hello all, In my last chemo treatment I was thinking a lot about the past 2.5 years and how much has happened. One thing that crossed my mind was, how many chemo treatments have I had? I asked Nurse Colleen to look it up and she let me know that my last treatment was number...

Scan results & modelling debut/retirement

Hi all, Well, as advertised, the month of March has been absolute madness. So many appointments, trips to/from Toronto, and a lot of emotions to roll through. On March 12th, I had my CT scans and (impatiently) awaited the in person meeting with Dr. McG on March 23rd. I tried to keep myself busy -...

New podcast interview & #HeatherStrong store open until Monday!

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to share a quick update with you that my friend and favourite radio star Don Vail is testing the waters with a new podcast “The Don Vail Podcast: Living With Purpose” and he asked me to be his first guest! I was honoured that he asked me and quickly agreed....

#HeatherStrong version of March Madness

When most people think of “March Madness”, I’m sure they think of the ever popular NCAA basketball tournament. This year, we’re going to do a #HeatherStrong version. I have so much going on that I think it deserves the name March Madness. It’s been almost 3 months since we switched my chemo from Folfox to...

Update, #HeatherStrong store & some fun events!

Hello! It’s been a while, so I wanted to touch base with some updates and fun upcoming events. A few weeks ago, I went to Toronto to see my colon surgeon Dr. Q for my “standard check up” colonoscopy and endoscopy. I have my official follow up call with him tomorrow, but he came out...

2023 New year update

Hello everyone, I hope you are all settled into 2023. We had a lovely (verrrrry snowy) Christmas and (rainy) New Year’s Eve! I spent a lot of time with family and friends which was perfect, considering last year I was in COVID jail in Toronto (although Jackie and I did make the best time of...

New chemo drug today

Hi all, I’ve had a busy few weeks coordinating scans getting to the right doctors and booking upcoming appointments. As a lot of you know, working with Oncology in Owen Sound and surgeries in Toronto takes a lot of organizing and coordinating on my end, so my love for process is really coming in handy....

Update: 1st Meeting with Dr. Sap!

Happy Wednesday everyone, I’m hot off the heels of chemo yesterday, where I finally didn’t have the shaking, chills & fever side effect, thank goodness! My Oncologist suggested I take Tylenol before arriving, and they gave me the IV meds a bit earlier than last time, so that must have been the magical combination! Today...

More #HeatherStrong merch & appointment booked!

Happy (snowy) Friday everyone! We are living in a snow globe up in Owen Sound today, so staying cozy inside and thought I’d give you a small update. After many requests, we have opened the #HeatherStrong store back up AND have added new merchandise! Not only can you still get a cotton tee, athletic tee...

MRI follow up & #HeatherStrong Day

Hi all, I’ve finally come down off the high of the amazing #HeatherStrong Day on Sunday, November 6th. We had about 45 people come out to the “in person” event in Owen Sound, and what felt like hundreds participating world-wide! We had a great group of walkers and runners in Owen Sound. With some great...

#HeatherStrong Day – Sunday, November 6th & Quick Update

Hi All, I'm not holding out on you! I know we are all on pins and needles waiting to hear the results from the MRI that I had on October 15th, but Dr. McG had to reschedule last week's phone appointment to today, and, I unfortunately received an email from his (amazing) admin letting me...

Join the #HeatherStrong day: Sunday, November 6, 2022

Hello All, As I eagerly await the next step in the process to see if I will be accepted into the liver transplant trial (MRI is this Saturday & follow up meeting with Dr. McG on Oct 27th!), I’m distracting myself with planning a #HeatherStrong Day! Many of you have participated in previous #HeatherStrong Days,...