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Diabetes: Dealing With Feelings for Parents
If your child has diabetes, you may spend a lot of time thinking about the physical effects. But it's also important to understand the emotional issues surrounding a diabetes diagnosis.
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Liver Transplant for Parents
If your child needs a liver transplant, you're probably feeling lots of emotions. Fortunately, most kids who have liver transplants go on to live normal, healthy lives.
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COVID-19: What to Do if Your Child Is Sick for Parents
There's still much to learn about COVID-19. Still, parents wonder what to do if their child gets sick during the pandemic. Here's what doctors say to do if your child has coronavirus symptoms.
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Going to the Emergency Room for Parents
Knowing what to expect when you need to take your child to the emergency room can help make it a little less stressful.
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Preparing to Adopt a Child for Parents
Considering adoption? Here are some things to know about the health and medical care of an adopted child, before, during, and after the adoption.
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Helping Your Child Adjust to Preschool for Parents
The more comfortable you are with placing your child in preschool and the more familiar the setting is for your child, the fewer problems you - and your child - will encounter.
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Limb Lengthening Surgery: External Fixator for Parents
Limb lengthening surgery is done when someone has a leg length discrepancy (one leg is shorter than the other). Sometimes this is treated with an external fixator.
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Well-Child Visit: 10 Years for Parents
Find out what this well-child visit will involve and what your child might be doing by age 10.
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When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for Parents
It can be stressful whenever kids are in the hospital — and even more so when they're admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). A basic understanding of the PICU can help you feel better prepared to help your child recover.
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Anesthesia: What to Expect for Parents
Here's a quick look at what may happen before, during, and after your child gets anesthesia.