Kids (Page 16)

Jim Plews-Ogan, MD, is a great listener—he’s the kind of person who puts you, and the kids he treats, at ease. He’s been seeing my kids and listening to my concerns and their growing vocabulary for eight years, so it was a fun reversal to be the one asking the questions.

When we think of kids refusing to eat, we often think of the typical picky eater who wants candy, not vegetables. Or a toddler who suddenly shuns a favorite food. But for babies, toddlers and kids who were born prematurely, have birth defects or autism, feeding problems can go beyond that. They…

Editor's Note: James Plews-Ogan, MD, is a former pediatrician with UVA Children's. Diagnosed with ALS in December, he works to improve the prognosis for others with the disease. Read his story.  As a mother, this is the moment I hate to remember. It takes place in a cramped, white room.…

Nobody could have predicted what happened in the store that Friday afternoon. In an instant, 5-year-old Christopher stepped on his shoelace, tripped and fell into a metal clothing rack. The blunt metal end of it went into the right side of his neck, just under his chin.

Asthma is the most common chronic disease in kids. When kids who have it are exposed to triggers, such as the falling leaves that are everywhere in Charlottesville right now, their airways become inflamed, the muscles tighten and they produce more mucus. This makes it hard for air to go…

Sherry Moon just had a baby. In fact, when I met her, her daughter Ashiya was just one day old. For Sherry, this is the fourth time she’s given birth. However, this time was different in a very positive way. Why? Not only was this Sherry’s first time delivering at UVA, but what also made the big difference for her were the new practices and policies UVA has instituted in the last year to earn accreditation as a Baby-Friendly hospital.

Nicholas Papaneri was born with bilateral microtia and atresia – two rare disorders that limit hearing in both ears. His outer ear and inner ear canals stopped developing at three months in the womb.

It’s a typical movie scene — almost a cliché: A man stands in a hospital hallway, staring through a window. On the other side of the glass wait rows and rows of wrinkly infants, housed in identical transparent rectangles. He’s searching for the one that’s his.

Some of my favorite memories involve riding around in my dad's red Honda, listening to the Beatles and Fleetwood Mac. I was a tiny little girl — literally not even on the growth charts at one point — but as far back as I can remember, I sat in the passenger seat next…

#IAm1in110. Families affected by congenital heart disease use this hashtag because almost 1 percent of babies are born with heart defects. These include holes in the heart, missing chambers and other issues that pediatric cardiologist Thomas L'Ecuyer refers to as "problems with the plumbing of the heart." The good news?…