And he leads an active life. Besides running, he trains with his dog Cairo. He also co-leads Hemophilia Ontario s annual Youth Wilderness Expedition. Advances in medicine have made a profound contribution to Paul s quality of life, enabling him to contemplate and realistically take on the challenges of a marathon run. Paul sees this as an opportunity to serve as a role model for other people with hemophilia, particularly younger people.
Physical activity is critical for people with hemophilia.
With prophylaxis and home infusion, young people with hemophilia do not need to live severely restricted lives. They can participate in most mainstream social and physical activities and ways can be found to creatively participate, even with some restrictions. But he also emphasizes that running is not for every hemophiliac. Paul believes that what he s doing is not extraordinary he s leading a normal everyday life, with few impediments, despite his hemophilia. That has all since changed.