by Garth Sundem | Sep 23, 2020 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Inspiration
Treatments for many pediatric cancers have improved to the point that a child’s cancer diagnosis come with an 84 percent cure rate. Of course, that means cancer is still fatal for almost 16 percent of young patients and that rate is much higher in some forms of...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Jul 1, 2020 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Education/Parenting
It looks like we’ll never know exactly how Leif hit his head this week. We were mountain biking and suddenly there he was, sitting confused on the side of the trail. No one saw him fall and he doesn’t remember what happened, but judging from the dirt and...
by Garth Sundem | Jun 24, 2020 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Mental Health, Uncategorized
Do you remember when you were first diagnosed with a chronic illness? In a way it was empowering: Finally, you could do something about your symptoms! Finally, you could take steps to address your illness and maybe even find a cure! But then months or years after your...
by Guest Blogger | Apr 1, 2020 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Inspiration, Uncategorized
Like everyone, our friends at Children’s Health Council (CHC) are learning how to live and work during COVID-19. And as for everyone, it’s not easy. Here, CHC’s Chief Clinical Officer, Ramsey Khasho, PsyD, explores an important tool in our ability to...
by Rosemary Lokhorst | Jan 29, 2020 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Inspiration, Uncategorized
When I’m traveling for work, people often say some version of, “Wow, it’s so great to see the world! I wish I got to travel for my job!” Well, I do love traveling and, yes, attaching a day of my own here and there is great. But here’s the thing: I have a chronic skin...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Jan 22, 2020 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Education/Parenting, Social-Emotional Learning
One of the great opportunities and great challenges of the teenage years is the chance to build resilience. It’s the stage in life when most young people realize that their problems are theirs alone, and not things to be solved for them by parents, teachers,...
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