I live in a small rural town where there are several children who have been diagnosed with childhood cancer. I think this topic could be informative to many families.

I live in a small rural town where there are several children who have been diagnosed with childhood cancer. I think this topic could be informative to many families.

Congenital Heart Disease in Children, 1 out of 100 babies are born with some form of heart disease. Many of these children won't make it to their first birthday, but yet many people are unaware of this serious disease. CHD's take more lives then ALL form of childhood cancers COMBINED, yet litt...

Congenital Heart Disease in Children, 1 out of 100 babies are born with some form of heart disease. Many of these children won't make it to their first birthday, but yet many people are unaware of this serious disease. CHD's take more lives then ALL form of childhood cancers COMBINED, yet little funding and attention is brought towards this. It is time for CHANGE

Detailing all there is to know about MRSA. Complications and medciations to treat it.
You could do a whole segment on just my children...I have twins who were diagnosed with MRSA in their ears over a year ago...just recently diagnosed again...It never went away...now dealing with chroni...

Detailing all there is to know about MRSA. Complications and medciations to treat it.
You could do a whole segment on just my children...I have twins who were diagnosed with MRSA in their ears over a year ago...just recently diagnosed again...It never went away...now dealing with chronic ear infections, perforations, multiple surgerys in 8 months, just about every antibiotic has been used that has either upset stomach or been allergic to. This has been going on for 2 years..they see a specialist and have tried just about everything..whats this doing to my children? Hearing, antibiotic resistance, pain, behavior issues...HELP!

I would like to see a show on Vasa Previa. This condition nearly killede my newborn baby. Thousands of babies die every year because of lack of awareness on the part of doctors and parents. Many of the babies that survive have long term health issues. Please consider this condition for you...

I would like to see a show on Vasa Previa. This condition nearly killede my newborn baby. Thousands of babies die every year because of lack of awareness on the part of doctors and parents. Many of the babies that survive have long term health issues. Please consider this condition for your show. For more information on Vasa Previa please go to www.vasaprevia.org.

Hello Docs ~ I was wondering if you have ever covered LaryngoMalacia? I have a 15 month old son who was diagnosed at three weeks of age, admitted to the Sacred Heart Childrens Hospital and underwent a supraglottoplasty. After his surgery he was sent home able to drink thickened liquid while hi...

Hello Docs ~ I was wondering if you have ever covered LaryngoMalacia? I have a 15 month old son who was diagnosed at three weeks of age, admitted to the Sacred Heart Childrens Hospital and underwent a supraglottoplasty. After his surgery he was sent home able to drink thickened liquid while his throat healed properly. He was also treated for reflux. Since three weeks old he has slept on a wedge in a relux sling to keep him at a safe poition.We were told to keep him upright always as an airway precaution. The few times he has been laid flat he has either turned blue aound the mouth or extremely pale faced. He does not like to lay on his back and will crawl over to pillows to lay on them. He also gets very agitated if he is laid down by the doctor or rolls onto his back as he can not roll back over on his own. A few days later we were back in the ER again. Chest xrays confirmed he was aspirating the thickened liquid and was admitted to have a florascopic swallow study done. After trying many different consistencies of formula an NG tube was inserted and our son was sent home NPO. Three months later that was switched to a G tube. In the past year he has come very far with learning to swallow some foods and knowing what is not safe for him (amazing), however he still can not drink and sometimes chokes on his saliva. We don't know if the Dysphalgia is due to the LarnygoMalacia or something else all together due to the lack of info and research. After many swallow studies were done by our speech therapist, the ENT wanted to take another look at his anatomy to see what was going on in our sons throat and did a scope procedure in the OR. The findings were that his epiglottis is in the wrong position and this is creating a 90 degree turn in his airway. If she were to correct this then he would loose the ability to eat the little bit of food he is able to and never drink. We then were given the chance to a 2nd opinion at Seattle Childrens and was told the same thing by them with the suggestion of having him seen by a nuerologist for an MRI. This has yet to happen as we were only in Seattle a few months ago and they have not sent the referral.
The ENT that my son sees says there are hundreds of babies out there born with LaryngoMalacia, however after months of trying to start a group and posting stuff on line I have only found one other mom out there with a child who is now nine and did not have the surgery that was recommended for our son she grew out of the stidor breathing around age two. Her case was not as severe as we were told without the surgery he would come home on sleep and oxygen monitors.

Please do a show on this subject to help the other parents out there that also want to help their children but are running out leads and options. Hopefully we can raise enough awareness to get some research done on LaryngoMalacia.

I would like to see a show on congenital birth defects. I was born with Spina Bifida 21 yrs ago. I would love to see a show that would help parents become aware of different birth defects, the prevent methods one needs to take, such as the importance of folic acid, and also how to help their ...

I would like to see a show on congenital birth defects. I was born with Spina Bifida 21 yrs ago. I would love to see a show that would help parents become aware of different birth defects, the prevent methods one needs to take, such as the importance of folic acid, and also how to help their children live their lives to the fullest, mentally, emotionally, and physically. Having a child with a birth defect can be a very tough time for everyone involved, but the right information can make all the difference.