Luca Piccolo’s parents don’t need a crystal ball to see into the future; they know their son will need to visit BC Children’s Hospital again and again. The 11-year-old combats his cystic fibrosis with a strict daily regimen that includes ...

*A parent’s love for their child holds no condition or boundary, only limitless attention to their well-being and good health. This is especially true when they are young and facing insurmountable odds to survive a life-threatening disease or cancer. Blood cancers, ...

Oral Immune Therapy (OIT) is a continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiative designed to provide early colostrum to babies in the NICU. It was implemented in October, involving the NICU, the Obstetrical Care Unit and the Mother/Baby Unit at London Health ...

Hospital Family Birthing Centres have a new way to save costs or fundraise for their department. Over the past year, nursing managers from six different hospitals partnered with Hospital Connection to create a welcome package for new parents. But these ...

The past year has been the busiest year in The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario’s (CHEO) almost 40 year history; especially in terms of mental health.  CHEO has seen an almost 50 per cent increase in the number of visits ...

Michelle Bisaillon was critically ill at age 14 with complications from acute myeloid leukemia. She spent four weeks in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, and, at times, her parents weren’t sure if she ...

The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), provides outstanding family-centered patient care, pioneers breakthrough research, and trains future health care professionals. As a tertiary level pediatric hospital we are fully cognizant that children and youth can be prone to injuries. Thankfully, ...

Every year in Canada 1,400 children are diagnosed with cancer and must not only battle the disease itself, but also the pain associated with cancer and its treatment. Pain is a common and distressing symptom that affects a patient’s quality ...

Thanks to the new Ronald McDonald Family Room, parents with ill or premature newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Credit Valley Hospital (CVH) site of The Credit Valley Hospital and Trillium Health Centre have some much-needed ...

When Sooriyakanthy Gnanasooriyar’s son, Ajethan, turned two years old and could not yet speak, she knew something was wrong. “He was not yet talking. He could only say ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’. If he wanted to tell me something, he could only ...