Circumcision and the Internationally Adopted Child Upon arrival to your home, it is recommended to schedule an introductory medical evaluation with your pediatrician within the first week. This is to ensure there are no acute medical conditions that may require immediate care. A full post […]
What do I as an adoptive parent need to know about sickle cell disease? Is it a serious condition, and can it be managed safely here in the USA? Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease that causes abnormal red blood cells. Children with sickle […]
Worries about HIV infection in the Adopted child. This question is not so simple as it would appear. First we never say whether someone should or should not adopt someone, because children can be adopted with HIV infection to avail the child of the myriad […]
Reader’s Question of Tethered Cord… During fetal development the spinal cord occupies the entire length of the vertebral column, this cannot persist because when the child or the adult bends this may cause a kink in the blood supply though the spinal cord. Surgical transaction […]