Illness Trends in the Office
Pediatricians look forward to the week after Labor Day. Kids go back to school, giving a slow down to the crazy pace of summer physical season. Germs haven’t had time to circulate amongst classrooms and families. We breathe in the sweet air of September and gear up for the winter sick season. But, what’s that […]
A Mom’s Perspective
About a year ago, I wrote a blog about the Minnesota newborn screen. At the end, I told a story about a family of mine that had been picked up early on that screen for a deadly disease. What I didn’t say was that the mom of those boys is our much beloved Jamie McAnelly. […]
Mental Health in the Age of COVID
Since our inception 46 years ago, South Lake Pediatrics has focused on children’s mental health. We strive to be on the cutting edge of care, whether it’s screening and treating our patients, partnering with our psychiatry colleagues in the community, or hosting seminars to help educate parents. We take the mental health of our patients […]
Parenting Through The Unthinkable
Over the past few decades, our country has survived many tragedies, from 9/11 to school shootings. Violence has sadly become a part of our culture. However, the events in our own community over the past week have been especially gut wrenching to me. How do we talk to our kids about what’s happening in our […]
Parenting Through The Unthinkable
Over the past few decades, our country has survived many tragedies, from 9/11 to school shootings. Violence has sadly become a part of our culture. However, the events in our own community over the past week have been especially gut wrenching to me. How do we talk to our kids about what’s happening in our […]
Newborn Screening
In 2002, when I was a second year pediatrics resident in Atlanta, a three-week-old baby was transferred to my hospital with worsening sleepiness. This baby boy had been doing well for the first few weeks of life, but then he started eating poorly and became harder to wake over the course of a few days. […]
Technology
Think back to when you were a kid. Do you remember sitting around the TV on Thursday nights to watch prime time with your family? I sure do. We would watch The Cosby Show (gulp) and Family Ties together. When a commercial would come on we would race to the bathroom or to refill our […]