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Inside Children's
March 5, 2012, was a long day. We knew that the next morning we’d be taking Bekah to Akron Children’s Hospital for open heart surgery. It seemed like we spent the entire day just watching the clock, calculating how much time we had to spend with our baby girl before we needed to leave for the hospital.
During the nine months of pregnancy no one noticed a thing wrong with any ultrasounds or the baby’s heartbeat.
If it seems like there have been a few more empty seats in classrooms and offices lately, it may be another symptom of the early arrival of this year’s seasonal flu bug. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were 22,048 flu cases nationwide from September 2012 through the end of [...]
While respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) might mean a runny nose and cough for most people, for newborns, the elderly, and others with chronic health conditions, it could be much more dangerous. “Typically, RSV affects almost everyone, from the very young to the very old. If you’ve had a cold this winter, you’ve probably had RSV,” [...]
When our son, Gianni, was 5 weeks old, he became critically ill with infant botulism. He was in the pediatric intensive care unit at Akron Children’s Hospital for three weeks, with two weeks on life support. Gianni went through a series of tests in order for the doctors to come up with an accurate diagnosis. [...]
Four years ago we welcomed our son, Blake, into this crazy world. About 14 hours after birth we noticed he was slightly purple.
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