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Child Life On Call: Parents of children with an illness or medical condition share their stories with a child life specialist

Jan 26, 2022

Today’s guest is Maureen, and she found out at her 20 week ultrasound that her daughter had clubfoot. She shares what families have to endure when confronted with a child with clubfoot. You’ll hear about B and B (boots and bar), serial casting, surgeries, doctors’ visits, and the amount of parent intervention that...


Jan 19, 2022

For today’s 12 minute talk, I’m speaking with Kat Harrison. At the end of 2021, I shared Kat’s episode (episode 99) in which she talked about what it was like being a teenager with chronic illness.  During that episode, we touched on what helped her the most when she was a teenager in the hospital and how to...


Jan 12, 2022

Today’s guest is Betsy, from an organization called Hope for HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy). HIE refers to brain injury in an infant, and Betsy will share more specifics about the condition and her family’s experience with it  in our discussion. I originally learned about this organization through working in...


Jan 5, 2022

As we kick off the new year, my guest Christiana is sharing the story of her son’s osteosarcoma. Nathaniel has passed away, but his family created Nathaniel’s Childhood Cancer Foundation in his name and legacy. Christiana walks us through his experience with osteosarcoma from the beginning, and she shares details...