For a kid hoping to receive an e-bike or e-scooter this holiday season, the appeal is pretty simple: They’re fast, fun and can offer a little more freedom. But for parents, there’s a little bit more to think about. As e-bikes and e-scooters have become more popular, doctors are seeing more kids come into emergency…
With some planning, you can help keep kids healthy and safer as you travel. Here are some tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Traveling by car Babies and young children must always travel in a car seat. All babies and toddlers should ride in a rear-facing car seat until they reach the weight or…
When a child needs critical care, every second matters. Building on decades of service to children and families across Kentucky and Southern Indiana, the Norton Children’s “Just for Kids” Transport Team has a new helicopter that will help ensure critically ill and injured children can quickly reach specialized pediatric care when they need it most….
Kentucky is in the middle of its largest measles outbreak in more than three decades, and health officials in Southern Indiana are tracking cases of their own. This is the time for parents to check their child’s vaccination status and be on the lookout for possible exposures and symptoms. Measles is a highly contagious viral…
Your preschooler can’t always tell you their head hurts, but their body language often will. Between the ages of 3 and 5, kids are still building the vocabulary to describe sensations like pain, pressure or dizziness. That gap between what a child feels and what they can say is exactly where parent observation becomes so…
Norton Children’s has opened a new center for expectant families needing complex medical care. Norton Children’s Fetal Care Center will be a regional destination for parents when their baby is diagnosed with a serious medical condition before birth. The center, at 601 S. Floyd St. in Louisville, brings together pregnancy and fetal specialists, advanced imaging…
As a newborn, Harper Taylor was diagnosed with tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart condition that affects how the blood flows to the lungs and through the heart and that required open heart surgery to repair. Today, you can find this determined athlete on the volleyball court, ready to assist her teammates and spike the…
It was a milestone day for a Louisville toddler and his family. After spending the first 492 days of his life at Norton Children’s Hospital, Tamarion Paul finally went home — with a new heart. Born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a rare and complex congenital heart defect in which the left side of…
Six-year-old Louis McGill is exactly the kind of kid who fills a room without trying. He sings, he dances, he makes friends wherever he goes. He loves baseball, swimming and playing outside with his little brother, Presley. “He’s a big entertainer,” his mom, Laura, said. “He just loves people.” That joy has been a constant…
A major new study shows that individualized treatment for babies born with opioid withdrawal can speed recovery and reduce time spent in the hospital. The clinical trial, led by Lori A. Devlin, D.O., neonatologist with Norton Children’s and a professor in the University of Louisville School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, found a customized approach…
Grayson O’Barr is a fifth grader at Holy Spirit Catholic School in Louisville who says he “was born to play sports.” Soccer, swimming, track, basketball — if there’s a team he can join, Grayson is all in. But in 2022, when Grayson was in first grade, something strange started happening to the normally active child….
For families facing childhood cancer, even small comforts can make a big difference. Now, thanks to the generosity of community partners and donors, a newly renovated space at Norton Children’s Hospital is designed to provide just that. The reimagined David & Carol Tinkle Family Room was funded through more than $435,000 from the Norton Children’s…