Sickness

I was blessed with a chilled baby. My second son, three weeks old, barely made a peep. So when I had friends over one day to meet him, I didn't think much when he was settled and sleepy, enjoying his...

Did you know that it is more common for baby boys to suffer UTI's in the first year of life than it is for girls? We certainly didn't, but unfortunately, it didn't take long for us to discover this.  ...

At 16 months old, my son contracted Meningitis.     He caught viral and bacterial Haemophilus Influenza type S (HIS). He was vaccinated against HIB (Haemophilus Influenza type B). He had no textbook symptoms what so ever! He had been...

Both my pregnancy and the birth of our son Elijah were, for the most part, straightforward. I had a growth scan at 39 weeks as my fundal measurements had not changed for a few weeks.   The scan showed that...

Asthma is a common lung condition that affects 1 in 9 Australians. Essentially, people who suffer from asthma have sensitive airways that narrow because their small airways become swollen and inflamed. As you can imagine, this makes it super tricky...

  It’s 11 pm on a Thursday night, and I’ve been dispatched to a code 1 (bells and whistles) to a four-year-old with difficulty breathing. As soon as I walk through the front door, I can hear the tell-tale barking...