A young girl who has had to overcome several obstacles in her life is being honoured by Edmonton’s Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital for her courage.

“I want to share it,” Annalise (Anna) Siverns told Global News when asked about her Courage Award. “It means so much to me.”

The Courage Awards are the Glenrose Hospital Foundation ’s annual celebration of patients and caregivers at the hospital. Winners are nominated by Glenrose staff for their determination, positivity and ability to persevere.

Nine-year-old Anna was nominated by her therapists after a lifetime of overcoming obstacles.

After what she described as a “completely normal pregnancy,” Jill Ladan, Anna’s mom, said she had a placental abrasion and was rushed to emergency surgery.

Her daughter wasn’t breathing when she was b

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