{"id":2721,"date":"2013-03-29T16:42:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T05:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/inthenews\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2015-04-29T13:39:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T03:39:11","slug":"happy-tayla-is-a-regular-at-the-rch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/happy-tayla-is-a-regular-at-the-rch\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Tayla is a regular at the RCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2723\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/2013\/03\/29\/happy-tayla-is-a-regular-at-the-rch\/tayla-sladdin-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2723\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2723 \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/Tayla-Sladdin1-210x160.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tayla makes regular trips to the RCH from Ararat to treat her cystic fibrosis. Photo courtesy of the Herald Sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two-year-old Tayla Sladdin is all smiles. The bubbly toddler is a \u2018frequent flyer\u2019 at the Royal Children\u2019s Hospital (RCH). Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at birth, Tayla needs specialist help every few months to keep her lungs clear and functioning.<\/p>\n<p>Cystic fibrosis is an incurable genetic disease where organs, especially the pancreas and lungs, are clogged with thick, sticky mucous.<\/p>\n<p>Tayla\u2019s nine-month-old brother Thomas also has the disease, meaning that visits to the RCH are common for the Ararat family, as both children need regular \u201ctune-ups\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But little Tayla doesn\u2019t mind the two and a half hour drive into Melbourne, she loves the hospital and starts screaming with joy when the she sees it in the distance.<\/p>\n<p>Every three months Tayla needs a strong course of intravenous antibiotics, meanwhile, a strict regime physiotherapy and exercise keeps her lungs strong and healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Although it is difficult to have two children with the disease, the small touches and attention from the staff at the RCH, make a big difference to the Sladdin family.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Herald Sun\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/news\/victoria\/victorians-raise-164m-for-the-kids-as-part-of-royal-childrens-hospital-good-friday-appeal\/story-e6frf7kx-1226608698039?from=herald%20sun_rss\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> for more stories and pictures of the RCH Good Friday Appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tayla requires regular care at the RCH to treat cystic fibrosis. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7198,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-good-friday-appeal","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2721"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4898,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions\/4898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}