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.

27 March 2012.

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.

27 March 2012.

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.

20 March 2012.

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

19 March 2012.

For the first time two-year-old Mark Spira will be able to use his right hand to pick up and play with his favourite toys.

18 March 2012.

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

17 March 2012.

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.

16 March 2012.

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

14 March 2012.