When Maranda first found out her son was diagnosed with severe central sleep apnoea, she was surprised. Not because of the fact that her son was diagnosed, but because sleep apnoea was an illness that she was not familiar with at all. However, she soon found out that sleep apnoea is a very [...]
Little Dominik was on the floor, blue in the face, crying and gasping for air. He had pee all over him due to the pressure from coughing so hard. This was the horrifying scene that greeted Jess Williams when she rushed into the bedroom, upon an alert from her other son that Dominik [...]
How can parenting be made easier when your child has a number of life-threatening respiratory conditions? This question is especially relevant to parents like Michelle Jade Cox, whose son has chronic asthma on top of central and obstructive sleep apnea. Michelle recounts a time when he was about 6 months old. After putting [...]
When we think of winter, images of beautifully lit walkways and snow-capped trees fill our mind. Despite the harsh temperatures, many of us look forward to this magical time of the year, but this definitely is not the case for mum Amanda Phillips. Every winter, Amanda faces the immense stress of having to [...]
Samantha Heron was shocked to find her baby Alexandra convulsing in the middle of the night, despite being on anti-seizure medication (sodium valproate). In fact, Samantha wouldn’t have detected a thing had Alexandra not toddled in every night to sleep in the same bed as her. These seizures are part of generalised epilepsy, [...]
Imagine basking in the beautiful weather with your family outside. Your 5-year-old sister is all smiles as she rides her bike nearby. Suddenly, you find her collapsed on the grass. Unconscious. You rush to get her nebuliser. But you can’t quite silence the alarm bells ringing in your head, especially [...]
Parenting is hard. Parenting when your child keeps falling ill is even harder. That’s why Lisa Hutchinson is excited by new medical devices that will help detect abnormalities in her child Toby’s heart rate and breathing patterns. For her, these devices are a matter of saving Toby’s life. Lisa shares [...]
Tiffany Ann Scallion was just about to feed her 3-day-old son when she realised something was amiss: He wasn’t breathing, nor was his heart beating. While suppressing waves of anxiety and panic, Tiffany managed to spring into action and jump-start her baby’s heart with CPR before the paramedics arrived. But [...]
