Helping my child cope with having a heart condition

Miranda: I took her three days after we got home to the pediatrician to get that chest tube stitch out, […]

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Helping my child cope with an ICD/Pacemaker

She’s never felt a shock. She’s come close. That’s one of the great things, it’s monitored. She has a monitor […]

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Helping my child cope with taking medications

Alice: It started out being very hard. I remember when he came home six months after his Glenn, we had […]

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Helping my child cope with pain

With her fourth surgery, it was the first time that pain was ever a big issue for her. Being in […]

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Helping my child cope with scars

Her scar is something, for me, that’s such a badge of honor, I honestly feel that way. Before her surgery […]

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Helping my child cope with procedures and appointments

Visiting the doctor, it’s only become a problem lately, and I think that’s because now she’s old enough that she […]

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