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Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP): What happens after diagnosis

Find out about living with ITP and the treatment options you can discuss with your child's health care team.

Blood transfusion: Plasma protein products

Find information about plasma protein products made from donated blood. Learn about the different products and their uses.

Hemophilia: What happens during a bleed?

Teens living with hemophilia can find out what happens during a bleed. Learn about the symptoms of a bleed.

Your scoliosis surgery

Here is an introduction to scoliosis surgery. Links are provided to pages that give information about what will happen before, during, and after surgery.

What happens during liver transplant surgery

What happens during kidney transplant surgery

Sleep and sickle cell disease

Learn about how long the average person should sleep, what happens when you sleep and why sleep is important.

What causes cancer?

After scoliosis surgery

Every patient’s recovery following scoliosis surgery is different. Read about what to expect immediately following an operation for scoliosis.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Learn what happens during an MRI so your child knows what to expect.

Procedure for allogeneic blood and marrow transplants

Learn what happens during your child's allogeneic stem cell transplant.

What happens if scoliosis is not treated?

Informed decision making is an important component of choosing whether to treat scoliosis. Learn about what can happen if scoliosis is not treated.

Electroencephalogram (EEG) before epilepsy surgery

Find out what happens during an electroencephalogram before epilepsy surgery.

Orchidopexy: Surgery for undescended testicles

An orchidopexy is an operation for undescended testicles. What happens during surgery, and how parents can care for their child at home afterwards.

Follow-up visits after brain tumour treatment

Learn what happens at follow-up clinic visits after brain tumour treatment for your child has ended.

Spina bifida: Treatment and caring for your child after surgical repair

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.

The menstrual cycle: What is menstruation?

Menstruation is experienced by people with female reproductive systems. Learn about menstruation and what makes up a normal menstrual cycle.

What causes juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)?

Find out why arthritis can occur in young people. This page describes how joint inflammation happens, and how juvenile idiopathic arthritis can hurt your joints. It also outlines some of the symptoms of arthritis in young people.

Foot and ankle: Positional clubfoot

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.

Regular eye exams for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)

If you have JIA, regular eye exams are very important for detecting early signs of eye inflammation. Learn what happens during an eye exam.

Sleep problems and cancer

During cancer treatment, your sleep might be affected by noise when staying in the hospital, or because you are stressed or in pain. Learn about what happens when you don't get enough sleep and how to manage sleep problems.

What causes juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)?

This page describes how joint inflammation happens and how juvenile idiopathic arthritis can hurt your joints. It also outlines some of the symptoms of arthritis in young people.

Clinic visits and follow-up tests after a kidney transplant

During scoliosis surgery

Find out what happens when a patient enters the operating room to when they are moved into their room. A guide for what to expect during scoliosis surgery.

Before the heart transplant

It is important to keep your child as healthy as possible before a heart transplant. Learn about what happens while you are waiting for a donor heart to become available.