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PARENTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE 2016 Winter vol. 2 issue 3 WWW.OLOLCHILDRENS.ORG STORIES FROM OUR LADY OF THE LAKE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 1 2 here’s Great Gift Ideas for All Ages what’s Christmas is right around the corner, and finding age-appropriate gifts can inside be challenging. The team at parents-choice.org reviews and selects safe, educational, age- appropriate games, puzzles and toys Cover Story Christmas Eve in the for children. Here are just a few. 15 9 Children's Hospital Parenting in the Bringing holiday cheer Digital Age (and gifts!) to children in How to keep your child safe the hospital while they learn and have fun Monarch Life Cycle Puppet Smartscope Ages 3 and up Ages 8 and up Breath of Life Turning Despair $39.99 • Folkmanis $44.99 • Ravensburger 5 Pulmonary care team 13 into Determination amazon.com amazon.com helps young girl overcome Overcoming and thriving Your child will have It’s a microscope that lets children examine magnified objects with complex condition after the tragedies of 2016 fun playing with this lovely, soft monarch their smart phone or mobile device. butterfly while learning First children assemble the simple all about its life cycle Smartscope (which takes about 10 from this nifty, three- minutes), and includes all the parts and in-one puppet. This tools they’ll need—even a screwdriver Better Sleep Fever Phobia Parents' Choice Silver and screws. There are also tools and 7 Sleep clinic expands care 21 Temperature … it’s merely Award winner starts as parts such as tweezers, a petri dish, for children affected by a number a chrysalis, then thanks and its own carrying case. This Parents’ sleep disorders to its ingenious zippers Choice Gold award winner lets kids opens first to reveal the enjoy microscopy and nature. vividly striped caterpillar, and finally a colorful adult butterfly. Younger kids will especially enjoy Great Gift Ideas ..........................................................................................2 it as a complement to Eric Carle’s beloved Double Play: News & Nuggets .......................................................................................3 book, The Very Hungry Word Games with Caterpillar. Family Advisory Council ..............................................................23 a Whacky Twist Ages 10 and up $9.99 • Inversion Games ......................................................25 The Amazing Half Marathon amazon.com Snapshots ....................................................................................................27 A Parents' Choice Gold Award winner, Double Construction Update ........................................................................29 Play is a brain-teasing card game where players Pediatric Specialists .........................................................................30 Planet Play Cubes make words from the 10 9 cards they’re dealt. Each (available in various themes) card features a letter, Ages 18 months and up but by rotating the card $16.25 • Haba 180 degrees it becomes fatbraintoys.com another letter (an “a” Awarded a Parents' Choice Silver award, these clever, becomes an “e,” and an spirit, and with humility and justice for all Cover photo by Marie Constantin. condition and history. Therefore, it should sturdy toys are fun for young children and are portable, “o” becomes a “c,” and so Our Mission those entrusted to our care. not be construed as medical advice for any lightweight and self-storing. Children will enjoy on). In just a few rounds, Subscribe at ololchildrens.org/ particular patient’s condition, and may be Inspired by the vision of St. Francis of mastering folding and unfolding the cubes to reveal kids usually get the knack We are, with God’s help, a healing and amazingmag. altered in different care environments. Assisi and in the tradition of the Roman and play with what’s inside. and then the dictionary spiritual presence for each other and for Catholic Church, we extend the healing is the limit! It includes the communities we are privileged to serve. All information provided on diagnosis and ministry of Jesus Christ to God’s people, therapy reflects the care environment of instructions for several especially those most in need. Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital games such as Finders- Published by Our Lady of the Lake and related physician practices. It is not We call forth all who serve in this healthcare Stealers, Solitaire Dare, Children's Hospital. Written and designed a substitute for the professional judgment © 2016 Our Lady of the Lake Find more award-winning gift ministry, to share their gifts and talents to the Final Word and more. by Our Lady of the Lake Marketing and of a qualified healthcare provider based Children's Hospital create a Spirit of Healing—with reverence ideas at parents-choice.org. Communications. upon actual examination of a patient’s and love for all of life, with joyfulness of STORIES FROM OUR LADY OF THE LAKE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 3 4 It’s Time to Have Your Children Vaccinated for the Flu Flu season has arrived, and it’s time For some, it can be much worse. to get your children vaccinated if you “Flu can lead to bacterial pneumonia haven’t already, says Dr. Michael Bolton, and staph infection, which can be a fatal division director of infectious diseases at process as well,” Dr. Bolton says. Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital. It’s been more than six years since Even though vaccines are effective the last flu pandemic in the United Snow Bunny Bread (a.k.a. Carrot Bread) at preventing children from contracting States, which means many parents might the flu and at minimizing its severity, become complacent about having their hundreds of children still die annually. children vaccinated for the influenza virus. A vast majority of those deaths are in That would be a mistake, Dr. Bolton Ingredients Directions children who did not receive the vaccine. warns. “We know that while it can be very ½ cup all-purpose flour 1. Grease and flour a loaf pan. Dr. Bolton advises mild, it can also be a fatal illness. Parents ½ cup whole-wheat pastry flour 2. Preheat oven to 325°F. that children six months should get their children vaccinated.” or whole-wheat flour and older should be Although flu season has begun, 3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose vaccinated for influenza it doesn’t end until late March or early ¼ teaspoon salt flour, whole-wheat flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon. as soon as possible. April, so it’s not too late to get vaccinated. Nutritional Information ¼ teaspoon baking soda Younger children and Dr. Bolton recommends getting the shot 4. Serving size: 1 slice ¼ teaspoon baking powder In a large bowl, beat together the egg, oil, brown those with immune sooner rather than later, as vaccines sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla extract. Serves 16 1 teaspoon cinnamon system disorders are can take a few weeks to become fully Calories: 120 5. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and beat until especially vulnerable effective. 1 egg Total Fat: 5g; Saturated Fat: 0.5g combined. Stir in carrots and raisins. to influenza. ⅓ cup canola oil Cholesterol: 15mg; Sodium: 75mg 6. Pour batter into prepared pan. Young children Different this year is that nasal spray Total Carbohydrate: 18g ⅓ cup packed brown sugar who contract flu is no longer an option and children 7. Bake 50 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick comes Dietary Fiber: 1g ⅓ cup granulated sugar usually get fever, fatigue, therefore will have to receive an out clean. Sugars 11g; Protein: 1.5g runny nose or cough, while injection.“The immune response was 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 8. Remove from oven and cool in pan on wire rack initially thought to be better and longer older kids often complain of sore Find more healthy 1 cup grated carrots for 10 minutes. lasting, but as more data came in last joints, achiness and tenderness all over recipes at eatright.org. ⅓ cup raisins, soaked in warm 9. Remove from pan and cool completely. year, it turned out not to be the case,” their bodies. water and drained Dr. Bolton says. STORIES FROM OUR LADY OF THE LAKE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 5 6 At her birth at 24 weeks, Anna Catherine's foot fit on her mother's fingertip. Breath pulmonary function test lab, bronchoscopy, tracheostomy and home ventilator, as well as in the treatment of asthma, sleep disorders and chronic lung disease of prematurity. of Life The Thibodeaux family is thankful for the pulmonary team that’s helping Anna Pulmonary care Catherine battle and overcome her many team helps young medical complications. “Anna Catherine is perfect for us; she girl overcome a completes our family,” Danyale says. “She’s happy from the time she wakes up to the complex condition time she goes to bed. And at the end of the day, I’m lucky.” Anna Catherine Thibodeaux has survived more medical complications in her first two years than most adults will have in a lifetime. Born on Feb. 1, 2014, to Brian and Danyale Thibodeaux after only 24 weeks of babies survive, yet need consistent care and Meanwhile, Dr. Carrion holds the a 40-week term, Anna Catherine was beset support from pulmonary specialists. distinction of being the first staff physician by a myriad of complications and diagnoses. The pediatric pulmonology group to have completed his residency at Our When she arrived in the neonatal intensive continues to expand and is now provided Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital, and care unit she weighed only a pound. She at satellite clinics, so that patients can then to have left and completed a Fellowship spent her first nine months there clinging to receive these critical services in their own in a subspecialty before coming back to join life, and coded multiple times. communities. the team. “I was told she would not survive, that “Our mission is to provide pulmonary “Their addition will allow the she had a zero percent chance to live,” says care for the pediatric patient that is development of new programs and her mom, Danyale, a former assistant vice comprehensive, state-of-the-art and improvement upon our current programs president for a credit union who quit her job accessible,” says Dr.