Patient Resources at Norton Children’s Cancer Institute
Norton Children’s Cancer Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, and hosts several regularly scheduled support groups for kids with cancer and family members.
From the time your child enters the hospital, we try to give him or her time away from medical procedures to just be a kid.
Services
- Hearts & Hands Care Team
- Child Life and Expressive Therapies
- Patient and family navigators
- Playrooms are for play. No medical procedures.
- School Re-entry Program
- Video games, computers, arts and crafts and other age-appropriate activities for teens.
Support Groups
Nurse navigator found her ‘niche’ in childhood cancer
When Frances Price, R.N., was a teenager, she felt a calling to nursing. She had watched her grandfather struggle with health complications, including heart attacks and strokes. Today, as a patient navigator with Norton Children’s […]
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Pediatrician, brain surgeon and oncologist team up to help boy recover
In 2016, not long after his fourth birthday, Jameson Milby started having headaches, nausea and vomiting. “I’m one of those moms who calls the doctor for a scrape on the knee, so I made an […]
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Faced with childhood cancer, family chooses joy over sadness
“Your child has cancer.” Those are words no parent ever wants to hear. It’s heartbreaking news that takes you on an emotional roller coaster, filled with difficult decisions. Emily and Jason Fox’s son Boone was […]
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What is sickle cell disease?
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common genetic disorders in the world. Each year, 1,000 babies in the U.S. and 500,000 children worldwide are born with the condition, according to the Sickle […]
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Honor Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with Norton Children’s Cancer Institute
2020 has been a challenging year. Unfortunately, childhood cancer doesn’t stop during a pandemic. Many of the “new normal” actions that everyone should use to reduce the risk from COVID-19 — face masks, social distancing […]
Read Full Story
Nurse navigator found her ‘niche’ in childhood cancer
When Frances Price, R.N., was a teenager, she felt a calling to nursing. She had watched her grandfather struggle with health complications, including heart attacks and strokes. Today, as a patient navigator with Norton Children’s […]
Read Full Story
Pediatrician, brain surgeon and oncologist team up to help boy recover
In 2016, not long after his fourth birthday, Jameson Milby started having headaches, nausea and vomiting. “I’m one of those moms who calls the doctor for a scrape on the knee, so I made an […]
Read Full Story
Faced with childhood cancer, family chooses joy over sadness
“Your child has cancer.” Those are words no parent ever wants to hear. It’s heartbreaking news that takes you on an emotional roller coaster, filled with difficult decisions. Emily and Jason Fox’s son Boone was […]
Read Full Story
What is sickle cell disease?
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common genetic disorders in the world. Each year, 1,000 babies in the U.S. and 500,000 children worldwide are born with the condition, according to the Sickle […]
Read Full Story
Honor Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with Norton Children’s Cancer Institute
2020 has been a challenging year. Unfortunately, childhood cancer doesn’t stop during a pandemic. Many of the “new normal” actions that everyone should use to reduce the risk from COVID-19 — face masks, social distancing […]
Read Full Story
