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Episode 45 | Amrita's Story - A son with GERD and feeding aversion
Spit up, and even reflux, can be a common problem for infants, but what happens when it's more than that? In this episode, Amrita shares with Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist, about what happens when a child's reflux became severe and leads to a...
Episode 44 | Lisa's Story - A daughter with Sickle Cell Anemia
In this episode, Katie interviews Lisa, mom to Riley. Sweet Riley is a spunky and sweet two-year-old living with Sickle Cell Anemia. Lisa talks about how they knew it would be a possibility while she was pregnant due to the trait being passed...
Episode 43 | Ashlyn's Story - A son with VACTERL association
Meet Ashlyn, momma to her sweet and smiley boy, Myles. Myles was born with a rare disease that effects his limbs and other parts of his body. These symptoms are known as . As a self-proclaimed “planner," Ashlyn talks about the difficulties of...
Episode 42 | Maura Senneff's Story - A son with Down syndrome
Meet Maura Senneff, mom to sweet Ryan. Ryan is a thriving 8-year-old boy who has Down syndrome. The amazing advocate by his side, his momma Maura, describes that “zooming out” and looking at things from wide lens helped them turn Ryan’s health...
Episode 41 | Dominique's Story - A daughter born three months premature
Katie talks to Dominique, mom to Mila, who shares her birth story and NICU experience. Born at just 1lb 11ounces at 26 weeks old, Mila has made tremendous progress thanks to proactive parents, therapies and her momma's un conditional love. ...
Episode 40 | A conversation about anti-racism and diversity in the field of Child Life
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Episode 39 | Jessica's Story - A son with Autism
In this episode, Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist, interviews Jessica, mom to two special needs children and one of which who is on the Autism spectrum. Jessica is also an adult clinical neuropsychologist and also hosts a podcast with her...
Episode 38 | Elizabeth's Story - A daughter with Leukemia
Elizabeth, mom to three girls, shares with us her experience of having a daughter with cancer. In just an hour and a half, her 9-year-old daughter went from a pediatricians office to a cancer ward. Elizabeth discusses her Elizabeth's "out of body"...
Episode 37 | Meg's Story - A daughter with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist, talks with Meg Casano, mother to Ella who has Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) and also created the nonprofit which is a stuffed animal cover for intravenous medications. Meg talks about the...
36. Delanie's story - An American in Quarantine in China
In this episode, Katie interviews Delanie, an American and child life student currently living in Beijing. She has been in quarantine since January 27. She shares what quarantine life has been like in China ... the center of the Covid19...