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Including Children with Oral Feeding Issues During Meals
With holidays so frequently surrounded by food and big meals, we wanted to know what parents of medically-complex kiddos with oral feeding issues do to ensure their child...
Parents Helping Parents: Organizational Tips
As parents know, organization can be a great help in keeping your home together, children on track and sanity in tact. For the parent of a medically-complex child, this can...
Guest Post: Improving Food Pumps with PDIC
Mike and Deb Bachman have been married 23 years and are parents of Heather, Markus and Noah. A long-time patient of PHS, Markus was born with his airway and esophagus as...
Parents Helping Parents: What I Wish I Knew About Raising a Child with Complex Medical Needs
For the parent of a recently diagnosed child with complex medical needs, getting ready to go home can be overwhelming. With the return home will come equipment, supplies, nurses,...
Guest Post: Advice for the New Special Needs Parent
Andi Sligh is an ordinary mom living an extraordinary life on the gulf coast of Alabama with a daughter with cerebral palsy, a son with Down syndrome, an adventurous...
Parents Helping Parents: The State Fair
It’s almost here – the great Minnesota Get Together runs from August 22 through September 2, Labor Day. For many, this means cheese curds, lemonade and anything you could...
Bringing a Child With Medical Complexities Home: Tips from a Mom Who Has Been There
PHS has some really amazing families, and we mean really amazing. Families who have been running the race of life with a medically-complex kid for a while, advocating for...
Guest Post: Getting Out and About with Medical Equipment
Today, we’re pleased to introduce Aliza Chana Zaleon, who blogs at Aliza with Diabetes. We met her as a volunteer for the Oley Foundation at a conference and knew...