Isolation’s Impacts
Helping kids cope with the pandemic’s emotional and behavioral legacy Before the pandemic, Patrick DeFors brought his children, then ages 2 and 3, to a small in-home daycare three days a week. But when Illinois locked down in March 2020, DeFors and his wife Lisa pulled the children from daycare and kept them at home. […]
Back on Track
Treatments for scoliosis help adolescents at a tender time A diagnosis of scoliosis can throw a child a curveball. Typically, at age 10 to 15 — just as kids embark on the sensitive years of adolescence — they might notice that one hip appears higher than the other. Or their shoulders or waist might look […]
Bike Prosthetic Gives a Ticket to Ride
For most kids, riding a bike around the neighborhood with your pals is a rite of passage. For 12-year-old Tim Bannon, who was born without arms, it has been an unfulfilled dream — until recently. “For as long as Tim has been able to verbalize his opinion, he has always said that he wanted to […]
A Family Affair
Battling pediatric cancer Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo started a tradition in his frequent visits to the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. He brings his jersey and offers each child a trade: He’ll sign something for them, if they sign his jersey in return. “Now I have this jersey with […]
