Find out about living with ITP and the treatment options you can discuss with your child's health care team.
A general overview or idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura or ITP, an acquired blood disorder.
Find information about plasma protein products made from donated blood. Learn about the different products and their uses.
Teens living with hemophilia can find out what happens during a bleed. Learn about the symptoms of a bleed.
Here is an introduction to scoliosis surgery. Links are provided to pages that give information about what will happen before, during, and after surgery.
Learn about how long the average person should sleep, what happens when you sleep and why sleep is important.
Every patient’s recovery following scoliosis surgery is different. Read about what to expect immediately following an operation for scoliosis.
Learn how your baby's spina bifida is repaired with surgery either before or after they are born. Also learn what happens after surgery and how to take care of your baby at home.
Find out what happens when your child enters the operating room to when they are moved into their room. A guide for what your child can expect during scoliosis surgery.
Menstruation is experienced by people with female reproductive systems. Learn about menstruation and what makes up a normal menstrual cycle.
Find out what happens immediately before and after your transplant surgery, how long you will stay in the hospital and how to start taking care of your new liver as you return to your regular routine.
It is likely that a child with epilepsy will need to have regular clinic visits to review progress and lifestyle. Learn what happens during a clinic visit.
Find out what happens during regular arthritis check-ups, how frequent they should be, and why it is important for your child or teen to attend all check-up appointments.
Learn what happens during your child's allogeneic stem cell transplant.
Positional clubfoot is a condition that can affect one or both feet of newborn babies. Learn more about why this happens and stretches and exercises to help treat clubfoot.
If you have JIA, regular eye exams are very important for detecting early signs of eye inflammation. Learn what happens during an eye exam.
Learn what happens at follow-up clinic visits after brain tumour treatment for your child has ended.
Informed decision making is an important component of choosing whether to treat scoliosis. Learn about what can happen if scoliosis is not treated.
In-depth information concerning swallowing problems that can arise as a result of brain tumour surgery, and what can be done to alleviate them.
Electromyography (EMG) tests how well muscles and nerves work together. Learn about what to expect during an EMG test and how to prepare your child.
