medically complex kids – For The Littlest

Medicaid and Other Dirty Words.

I wish public health and child health could be apolitical. Health should be apolitical, don’t you think? Take a moment here and wonder, is health not a human right? How has public health become something that an elected official can vote yay or nay on? How on earth is government assisted insurance coverage a seriesContinue reading “Medicaid and Other Dirty Words.”

No Small Bravery

Brave is a silly little word. We like to use it for any number of things – getting on rollercoasters, hopping in planes, going to the gym, asking out the girl. Sometimes it has weight, meaning, substance, and sometimes it doesn’t. I’m here to shed light on the certain kind of brave that happens whenContinue reading “No Small Bravery”

Bridging to Home

One of the things I learned when I expanded my research is that there’s a whole faction of children’s health that I barely knew about. I would venture to guess that most people know that there are nursing homes and assisted living, as well as rehabilitation hospitals – but we typically think of old peopleContinue reading “Bridging to Home”