Children learn in different ways – some by seeing, hearing or reading and others by doing. When a child is diagnosed with a chronic illness like Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, learning by living with the disease is a life-long process. For Brendan, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at age 9, he doesn’t remember […]
Hospital establishes certified ostomy care program
When Shelly Begue joined the pediatric surgical team as a surgical nurse clinician in 2010 she began to develop an interest in a very specialized patient population – the hospital’s young ostomy patients. “Ostomies are created for a multitude of reasons,” Shelly said. “Some children are born with defects of the intestine or have congenital […]
Surprises, kindness delight Gianna on her 6th birthday
Our daughter, Gianna Silvers, was hospitalized in Akron with an ileus. The child life specialist on the school age unit, Chloe, went above and beyond to make sure Gianna was happy on her birthday (June 8). She made her a sign, brought her Barbie dolls, coloring books, markers, crayons, stamps and a mermaid tail blanket. […]
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