2004 TV News Archives

Kristen Kreuk

December 1, 2004: Kristin Kreuk Helps Teens with Heart Disease

A group of teenagers living with heart disease were invited on-set during shotting of a recent episode of "Smallville". They were the guests of Kristin Kreuk, who plays Lana Lang on the WB's hit TV series. Here's an excerpt from the article posted at the BC Children's Hospital Foundation website...

    Instead of huddling with the cast between takes, Kreuk is hosting five members of the Hearts of Gold, a youth program of the Children's Heart Network for teens living with heart disease. These teens are also current and former patients of BC Children's Hospital, and that's where Kreuk comes in. "Recently I've been thinking a lot about what I want to dedicate some time and money to," she says, "and I realized that the Children's Hospital is just a really great place to do that."

    The Hospital is more than just a good cause for Kreuk. When she was six she was stricken with a particularly virulent staphylococcal (staph) infection. Fortunately, Kreuk's parents rushed her to Children's in time, though not before the bacteria had spread to her right hip, requiring surgery. "It was pretty serious," she says, "I ended up staying in the hospital for almost five weeks."

    While the experience was traumatic, the care Kreuk received left an impression that remains to this day. "I don't remember all the details, but I do remember the feelings that I had, and I remember the kids in my room." It was the sense of being in a place just for children that most sticks with her. "To be surrounded by kids when you're that age and you're sick, is really, really important," says Kreuk, "and that's why I still feel I have a connection there."

Read the entire article at the BCCHF website.



2004 Television News

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