A bond of love and faith

After being a patient at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) for most of her childhood Jodie Piper has just discovered that her five-week-old daughter Amelia suffers from the same bone condition she has had her entire life.

A worldwide search for Fletcher’s donor

A bone marrow transplant from an overseas donor cured Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) patient Fletcher McLoughlan’s rare immune deficiency condition known as Wiskott-Aldridge syndrome.

Baby Alexandra home for the first time

Baby Alexandra McCann’s rough start to life is over – the seven-week-old, who was born with Pierre Robin Sequence, is due home for the very first time tomorrow.

Weird science could fix young Ashley

For five days and five nights six-year-old Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) patient Ashley Blackman has had electrodes glued to his head recording his brain activity so doctors could find out exactly where in his brain his epilepsy seizures were coming from.

The RCH wonder dog

Ralf the giant schnauzer has the reputation of being something of a miracle worker, and he lived up to it during his ward rounds at the Royal Children’s Hospital yesterday.

Veronica saved by new liver

Seven-month-old Royal Children’s Hospital patient Veronica Bazouni had not long to live when she was saved by a liver transplant.

Ruby’s taste for life

Royal Children’s Hospital patient Ruby Burton is 18-months-old and hasn’t been able to eat properly since she was born.

Lilly is one in a million

Within hours of seeing her GP in Tasmania, Lilly was airlifted to The Royal Children’s Hospital where she was fighting for her life with kidney failure and subsequent heart failure.

Inez cast in mum’s image

Coburg youngster Inez Whitehouse broke her arm after falling while she was running with friends in a park last Friday afternoon.