Find out about living with ITP and the treatment options you can discuss with your child's health-care team.
Find information about plasma protein products made from donated blood. Learn about the different products and their uses.
Teens living with hemophilia can find out what happens during a bleed. Learn about the symptoms of a bleed.
Here is an introduction to scoliosis surgery. Links are provided to pages that give information about what will happen before, during, and after surgery.
Informed decision making is an important component of choosing whether to treat scoliosis. Learn about what can happen if scoliosis is not treated.
Learn what happens during your child's allogeneic stem cell transplant.
Learn what happens at follow-up clinic visits after brain tumour treatment for your child has ended.
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.
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.
Learn about how long the average person should sleep, what happens when you sleep and why sleep is important.
Learn what happens during your child's autologous blood and marrow transplant (BMT) procedure.
Following a voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) your child may feel pain while they urinate. Learn how to reduce discomfort from VCUG catheterization.
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.
A heart transplant operation takes four to 10 hours. Learn what happens during the transplant and the major problems that may occur.
Find out what happens during regular arthritis check-ups, how frequent they should be, and why it is important for you to attend all check-up appointments.
A calorimetry test measures a child's resting metabolic rate. Learn about what happens during a calorimetry test as well as how to prepare your child.
Following scoliosis surgery, some teenagers may need to wear a brace. Learn about how the brace is made, and why and when it is used.
Find out what happens immediately before and after your transplant surgery, how long you will stay in the hospital and how to start taking care of your new kidney as you return to your everyday routine.
Every patient’s recovery following scoliosis surgery is different. Read about what to expect immediately following an operation for scoliosis.
Find out what happens at clinic visits during follow-up treatment when your child is back at home after receiving treatment for a brain tumour.
Find out what happens when your child enters the operating room to when they are moved into their room. A guide for what your child can expect during scoliosis surgery.
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