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Share Your Patient's Story When an injury jeopardized Connor O' Shea 's dream, CHKD's sports medicine team helped make college football a reality. CHKD is full of amazing stories like Connor's – and we hope you’ll share yours, too. Whether it’s about a...
State of the Heart A child's heart is a small, muscular workhorse about the size of the little one's fist, most of us expect to work perfectly until old age. But eight out of every 1,000 babies are born with heart defects. The defects can range from less...
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A Breath Away from Disaster When the CHKD transport team arrived, they found 13-year-old Bryce Callaway struggling for breath from a severe asthma attack. The team had been called to the hospital near Bryce's home to transport him to CHKD. " I knew there...
A Change of Heart Loretta Coureas Twenty-year-old Collin Kobelja arrived at CHKD for his final pediatric cardiology checkup in early June. It was 18 years after he was featured in Kidstuff as CHKD’s first heart transplant patient. His mom, Suzanne, said...
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A Child's Concept of Death Every child, at any age, has his or her own unique concept of death. Past experiences with death for the terminally ill child, as well as, his or her age, emotional development, and surroundings are what most influence a child's...
A Child's First Dental Visit Fact Sheet When should your child first see a dentist? You can take your child at a younger age, but experts recommend taking him or her by about 12 months at the latest. At this time, the dentist can give you information on:...
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Advantages to Getting Your Child’s Flu Shot at Your Pediatrician’s Office 2016-09-07 off 4294976180 By: Dr. Douglas Mitchell , General Booth Pediatrics Did you know where your child gets his flu shot can be just as important as the shot itself? Getting...
Baby Steps 2016-09-13 off 4294976184 It was with a mixture of excitement, apprehension and amazement that I watched Annabel figure out this whole walking thing. I was excited to watch her conquer such a huge milestone, apprehensive about how much more...
