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Remembering Childhood Cancer: Thirty Years Later Sometimes children don't see things the way grown-ups do. Read Full Article	My Stepson Has Cancer Terrible news make a family stronger. Read Full Article	Poilo: Fear Itself Polio was once one of the most feared childhood diseases...a repost from our archive of excellent medical experience stories. Read Full Article
On Quiet Dogs and Cooking Shows: A Child Coping with a Brain Tumor A stuffed dog helps a boy endure cancer treatments. Read Full Article	Pyloric Stenosis: Worst Mom Ever? I cried. I had slept about five hours in three days, everything I owned was covered in spoiled formula, and the doctor was telling me it could last for months. I was absolutely positive I would go insane. Read Full Article	Clotting Disorders: Finding Out Our Son Had Hemophilia When my wife discovered she was pregnant, she came into the kitchen where I was getting dinner ready and sheepishly, hesitatingly, told me the big news, hoping that I wouldn’t have a heart attack... Read Full Article
Epilepsy: A Good Morning She’s reached maximum levels of her current drugs. She’s had four grand mal seizures in only eleven days. Read Full Article	Botulism: The Return Bent over a clipboard, the doctor is filling out discharge instructions. Behind his back, the nurse twice mouths, “Don’t leave,” with decisive shakes of her head. Read Full Article	Tethered Spinal Cord: My Hero It was the end of January. It was my first trip out of town alone since my C-section. A sudden blizzard came up. I drove home with the wind whipping the car, visibility about 3 feet, sobbing, with Brenden screaming in the car seat because I was so... Read Full Article
Autism: Shedding the Spectacles Every new school year is a breathless burst of speed around a rain-slicked racetrack. Long ago I threw my Oz glasses into the chasm. Read Full Article	Dyspraxia: The Clumsy Child I‘d been riding my bike in the street when I mounted the curb ending up almost inside someone’s front door. I always was a clumsy child. It seems I couldn't even play properly. Read Full Article