This year’s Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal was extra special in more ways than one. Not only did 2011 represent the 80th anniversary of the GFA but it was yet another record breaking year, with a phenomenal $15,156,000 raised beating last year’s tally of $14.4M. Loyal supporters and staff attended the annual cheque handover, … Continued
RCH paediatrician Dr Andrew Steer today received a commendation in the 2011 Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research. Dr Steer’s investigations into the bacteria that causes rheumatic fever, pharyngitis and impetigo, are changing policy at an international level. The $8,000 award was presented to Dr Steer by the Premier of Victoria at Government House. Dr … Continued
Amelia Petrie owes her life to The Royal Children’s Hospital. The two-year-old can now smile and talk, and there is hope she will walk again, after she sustained a head injury in March. She was airlifted to the RCH after being knocked unconscious by a startled horse at her family’s property at Tatura. Scans revealed … Continued
Isabella Davis has suffered hundreds of seizures a day in her short life because she has a genetic disorder which produces hard lumps, or tubers, in her brain. The growths spark seizures, and their constant bombardment has disrupted the toddler’s brain development . Specialists at the Royal Children’s Hospital implanted electrodes in her brain to … Continued
With her triplet brothers in toe, there’s no stopping Abby McKerrow. The eleven-month-old baby was born with a misshapen head because with her siblings, Beau and Cooper, Abby found herself squished in the side of their mother’s stomach. Abby has since been fitted with a specially designed cranial remodelling helmet that she wears 23 hours a day. Read the full story on … Continued
Alexia Worsley and her family have packed up their lives and moved interstate so Alexia can have sight-saving treatment at the RCH. Eight-month-old Alexia was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer after her mother noticed something different in her daughter’s eye. Alexia has since endured five rounds of chemotherapy for retinoblastoma, a rare genetic eye disease. Read the full story … Continued
Max Steele will spend his very first Easter egg-free to avoid another life-threatening incident. Max’s mother will be making sure of that. The ten-month-old swelled up and began slipping in and out of consciousness after being fed just a teaspoon of chocolate mouse. Max suffered anaphylaxis. Read the full story on Herald Sun online: Easter a choc horror. Photo courtesy … Continued
Taking her four month old daughter Audrey to the doctor for a routine newborn appointment, Jacqueline Laurent never imagined she leave with a diagnosis of a life threatening hole in the heart. Known as ventricular septal defect, Audrey’s condition means a hole remains in the barrier between the left and right ventricles causing too much … Continued
Not yet two years old and Jack Gallacher has already conquered battles many will never have to face. Jack was born with the rare condition of having only a few centimeters of oesophagus. Unable to feed, a tiny tube was inserted into his stomach soon after birth. Within three months, doctors at The Royal Children’s … Continued
Charlize Napiza was just two days old when she stopped feeding and began to vomit green bile. Her parents rushed her to The Royal Children’s Hospital emergency department where an X-ray revealed that her intestines were twisted the wrong way in her body. Surgery helped correct the condition, and she is still being cared for … Continued
