Pay the bills or care for her sick child. As a single mom, Tracy Oliver says that choice felt impossible.
At the time, 14-year-old Emrrys Oliver was struggling. The teen was exhausted and in pain, stuck lying in the dark in their bed without any clear diagnosis on what could be wrong.
And for Tracy, the doctors’ visits and days at home were adding up.
“I was getting really strained at work,” said Oliver, an educational assistant in Brooks, Alta.
“I was taking so many days off, they were starting to get testy with me. Finally, I had to take stress leave because
