If your child becomes sick before surgery, the surgery may need to be rescheduled. Learn about why it is important that your child is well before surgery.
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.
Information for children with hepatitis B, including what it is and how to live a healthy lifestyle with the virus.
If your child has a weak immune system learn how to protect them against infection.
Learn how to how to care for your child at home after a myelogram.
Parents with a sick child need open communication with the health-care team. Learn tips when talking with the doctor about your child.
There are certain things that you will need to do to prepare to come to the hospital on the day of your child’s surgery. Review the checklists in this article to help you and your child get ready for surgery.
Helpful tips on sharing responsibility when caring for a sick child.
Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs and lower respiratory tract. Learn about the signs and symptoms of community-acquired pneumonia and how to take care of your child.
Your child needs to take the medicine called metolazone. This information sheet explains what metolazone does and how it is given. It also explains what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Your child needs to receive the medicine called furosemide. This information sheet explains what furosemide does and how to give it to your child. It also explains what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a thyroid biopsy/fine needle aspiration (FNA).
Read about some practical help you can provide if you have a friend who has a sick child in the hospital.
Being sick can impact your child's blood sugar levels. Find tips on how to manage diabetes on sick days.
An overview of poisonous plants.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a liver biopsy.
Your child needs to take the medicine called cefaclor for an infection. This information sheet explains what cefaclor does, how to take it, and what side effects, or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Your child needs to take dexamethasone. This information sheet explains what this medicine does and how to give it to your child. It also explains what side effects or problems your child may have when he or she takes this medicine for a short time.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a kidney biopsy.
Your child needs to take the medicine called cefixime for an infection. This information sheet explains what cefixime does, how to take it, and what side effects, or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Dehydration occurs when the body does not have enough water to function properly. Learn how illness can cause dehydration and how it is treated.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a lung biopsy.
Your child needs to take the medicine called primaquine. This information sheet explains what primaquine does, how to take it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a bone ablation.
Your child needs to take the medicine called lacosamide. This information sheet explains what lacosamide does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when he takes this medicine.
