How I care for breast cancer: ‘You have to take as much off their plate as you possibly can’

Gordon Wong and his wife, Jessica Whiteside, met while standing in a line at Western University. Their last names, listed in alphabetical order, placed them next to each other, where they struck up a conversation and became friends. Years later, they reconnected, eventually starting their journey as husband and wife in 2005. Together, the couple worked through their careers and raised two children, who are now 17 and 15. Due to Gordon’s work in oil and gas, they moved around often, first starting in Toronto, and then cycling between Calgary and Houston for several years until settling in Calgary during the COVID-19 pandemic. Four years prior, though, they got the devastating news: Jessica had breast cancer. “She was in her mid-40s, so totally unexpected,” said Gordon, recalling the