What is the most difficult challenge or health issue that any of your children have faced?i

Jane says:
thank goodness nothing too bad, david would prob say it was his knee op which kept him from his sport for months
Amanda says:
asthma and callum havin to have gromits
Sarah says:
Youngest child has asthma, but very mild
Zoe says:
exsma
Karen N Matt says:
passing blood and being taken into hospital for a week
Kay says:
chicken pox
Louise says:
asthma
Sharon says:
learning the word no
Becky says:
Bronchilitus
Emma says:
None, thank goodness
Lindsey says:
none
Emma says:
my eldest has ADHD (hard work) but u get through it
Gini says:
no problems
Kim says:
there havent
Francesca says:
ashtma, not drinkin much of her milk
Natalie says:
serious stomach bug at 5 weeks old.
Cheryl says:
Menegitis
Maggie says:
Asthma, excema.
Wendy says:
nothing, knock on wood!
Tammy says:
Not being the best sleeper!!
Wendy says:
youngest had convulsions for first 3 years
Megan says:
My son had his lower left arm blown off in an accident when he was 9.....worst day of my life!!!!!!
jenny says:
not having a dad around x
Anonymous says:
ADHD and allergies
Nicole says:
None yet really.
Jo says:
town gossip in a hateful way
Jacqui says:
Ruari being born 10 weeks early and suffering from cerebral palsy
Lisa says:
Colic, other than that.. so far so good!
Sheri says:
So far, we've been blessed with a very healthy baby.
Sharon says:
na
Maureen says:
having me as a mum
Sheri says:
our youngest has childhood dyspraxia of speech and didn't start talking until he was 3 and had to go through years of speech therapy and now he won't stop talking :).
Donna says:
not a happy question
Kari says:
oldest has allergy to penicillin
Becky says:
none to date, knock on wood.
Crystal says:
none
Kimberly says:
My son had hydrocyle and my 2nd has feet issues
Anonymous says:
My 9 year ld was almost killed in a Quadding acident.
robyn says:
open heart surgery at birth with my daughter, colic with my son
Fatemeh says:
nothing so far ...( knock the wood !)
LeeAnn says:
when I had a miscarrige at 5 1/2 months after already having my tubes done for 10 years
Michelle says:
nothing yet
Tracey says:
None
Shauna says:
Autism which she has mostly recovered from.
Orietta says:
Lets see.. He was in and out of the hospital with pnemonia, croop (spelling), bronchitis. He had his tonsils out when he was 2 1/2. But nothing to major.
noelani says:
I had a child that was born with heart problems
Adelene says:
ear infections
Sophie says:
hernia, stabbing
Teena says:
hhmmm
Anonymous says:
bronchitis
Andrea says:
RSV when the twins were only 9 weeks old. They had to be in the hospital for a week and were losing weight rapidly. Emilee also had a lump on her upper leg and were very scared about that as all the doctors we took her to didn't know what it was.
Amy says:
so far,high fever is the worst
Janet says:
Hmmm...Lucas was in an incubator for 3 days, had belly button issues, and projectile vomiting as a baby!! Logan ( whole other story!! )... in incubator for almost a week!! Born a month early, he is sick almost once a month and he's already had surgery on his penis!!!
Emma says:
Don't know
Debbie says:
ear infections and ADHD
Nicole says:
none thankfully
Sandy says:
Having an operation when you are born and then doing it again when they are 5 years old
Leanne says:
None
Mel says:
nil, and I am very grateful.
Lisa says:
Nothing. This child never gets sick. I guess the breast milk thing is true.(I'm so knocking on wood)
Lisa says:
knock wood the common cold.
Jody says:
Continual Strep Throat!
Tina says:
holes in his heart due to being a premie
Melisa says:
Xavier had terrible reflux and still gets croup every now and then.
Kim says:
none
Emma says:
My 2nd had meningitis as a baby!!
jane says:
my sencond child was a Strep B baby and she was very badly jaundiced
Carol Ann says:
Waiting for 5 hrs while one had surgery to fix the arm he put through a window
Kate says:
My youngest daughter has type 1 diabetes
Sharon says:
Fortunately neither child has faced any
Julie says:
just my son born asleep bless him x
Mandie says:
none
Christy says:
He had a condition called Infantile Spasms. (basically baby seizures). Very hard to see your child in pain, and needing treatment that you know hurts them at first but is a necessary evil. It was a very tough 5 months
Dawn says:
My first one had an issue with going number 2, so we had to see a doctor twice for that. Thank goodness nothing else :0)
Tara says:
none, they're both very healthy
Toni says:
A cold.
Bev says:
asthma
Jayne says:
jacks asthma
Elaine says:
My sons health is great his difficult challenge was the moving so often.
Deborah says:
Croop as Tiny baby
Delphine says:
none
Caroline says:
Breast feeding! No health issues (yet)
Nicola says:
My 3rd child Ryan had Pataus syndrome and was born sleeping x
Stephanie says:
my youngest has asthma -- when it strikes, it's bad
Nicola says:
Very fortunate to have healthy boys anger management issues were and are v challenging!
Anonymous says:
Feveral Seizure as a toddler.
Angela says:
Alex had asthma.
Crystal says:
she is healthy but she has a very hard time focusing on anything! makes it hard to learn new things :(
Tina says:
Ear infections are all my kids ever get.
Jody says:
nothing!! all healthy little angels..lol:)
Jessica says:
He had broncchitius when he was 1 (not to sure if i spelled that right) but yeah it was the saddest thing i ever went through...he was so sick and he just wasnt himself:(
salli says:
Asthma and excema as a toddler
katie says:
2 ops for the eldest last yr , youngest had impetigo at the same time as chicken pox
Alice says:
glue ear. Again
Pat says:
hereditary kidney problems
Anna says:
Respiratory distress
Anonymous says:
They haven't had any major issues...knock on wood.
Justine says:
Broncitus cant spell.., Croup, were both in his first year.. He was always vommitting, drove me nuts that I kid can VOMITT that much. May of 2008 He was told he had Asthma. He takes Puffers, and its gotten better .IT runs in his fathers side but they have come to terms that it could go away.
Tasha says:
hsp
Jennifer says:
she is healthy for the most part but she seems to always have a runny nose..no matter what i do..
Crystal says:
well i mean hes only 8 months. so the only thing that has happens is he has had a cold
Kelli-Lyn says:
Teething & She's had 2 bad ear infections.
Kirsty says:
cotton wrapped round his lil toe wen he were about 3 months
Tania says:
My complications after the c-section and me having to go back to the hospital & leaving Zahra behind although she had the Zaheer to take care of her and he was great!
Alison says:
Just a cold
Lynnette says:
hay fever asthma
Diane says:
Having to have injections every day from the age of 6 that she now does herself (to help her grow).
Hayleigh says:
coarctation of the aorta repair (heart surgery)
Abigail says:
Adi has asthma and a heart condition.
Pauline says:
none
Naomi says:
luckely none
Mandi says:
Breathing when they were born!!
Diane says:
My son has diabeties, so that is very challenging
Kim says:
too complicated to say.
Angela says:
None thank God, hope she never does.
Debbie says:
Sophie moved to special care day after she was born - trouble breathing
Lisa says:
when sophie was born she only weighed 4lb and at 2 weeks old had bronchitus
Julie says:
Two had heart murmers that ammounted to nothing and recently my middle son had an infection in his airways and was rushed to hospital with bad breathing difficulties.
Stephanie says:
middle child has lazy bowel youngest one was born with dilation of kidneys
Cindy says:
one had very bad asthma and was in hospital a few times
Theresa says:
Raighan had a couple of Fiberal Siezures when she was 18 months
Julie says:
necrotizingentroclolitis
Jane says:
ADHD
Jennie says:
thankfully none yet !
Pam says:
whooping cough and measles
Melanie says:
disability
leigh says:
cant answer that
Amanda says:
Having a cleft palate
Ashley says:
Nothing
Rebeca says:
Thank God again!!! Nothing.... they are both healthy!!
Kim says:
Brianna has asthma and Kyle almost died at birth as he was so big he got stuck in the birth canal....blue baby when he was born...scary
Jessica says:
none?
Melissa says:
pnemonia, seizures
Nicky says:
My youngest had chest problems, they tested her for every nasty disease possible. Thankfully she was and is now fine, never ever found out what was wrong.
Christine says:
Alexe with her asthma
Jo says:
My daughter had major chest infections and spent lots of time in hospital.
Rachel says:
very accident prone a broken arm at 14 months! Also bad skin have to be careful with clothes washing
Rebecca says:
nothing that i can think of
Andrea says:
my youngest had to have an op at three weeks old for a blockage
Ashley says:
he had eye surgery when he was 19 months old
Christy says:
getting 5 teeth pulled
Michelle says:
being born with spina bifida and having to cope with the many surgeries
Heather says:
none
Cassandra says:
Nothing!
Sara-Marie says:
None to this day... Kevy's a healthy and happy 4 year old :)
Tara says:
lung problems
tina says:
artheristes now she is older
Sandra says:
my oldest had a problem of passing out all the time due to stress in high school, and my youngest son had asthma started when he was 9 months old
Janet says:
Nothing more than the common cold. I am very blessed.
Mai-Ling says:
My daughter tends to pass out when she gets hurt bad enough
Jamie says:
Have not had any (knock on wood)
Tanya says:
none to extreme so far
Kristine says:
Plenty of respiratory issues
Fay says:
none
Emma says:
youngest has develepment issues had loads of genetic tests
Patricia says:
luckily no major ones, Victoria had a fisher when she was 5-6 weeks old, that was rough.
Rochelle says:
Joey suffered a prenatal stroke
Joanne says:
Eldest was bullied and possibly has same disability as i do - Fibromyalgia
Ami says:
she always complains her poo that she keeps telling me everyday! She is hearing while my hubby and i are hearing loss. We teach her in sign language but when she talks with no signing..ahhh.. we re out!
Sam says:
bullying
sarah says:
daughters sight n sons hearing
Jackie says:
unknown virus, 10 days in the hospital
Jane says:
under developed heart
Lisa says:
none
Diane says:
had childhood asthma. Danielle has anxiety and depression problems now. Trying to teach herself how to deal with both these symptoms, but also knowing she has people to turn to who have the same types of situations as herself. Atleast she is not alone.
Christine says:
r s v
Teresa says:
Hearing Impaired Breathing Issues
danielle says:
none thank God
Carrie says:
croupe
Pele says:
heat sergey
Vanessa says:
i can't think off the top of my head as i've been very lucky and non of my kids have had any seriouse health problems
Sara says:
his ear would hurt alot if it got windy
Brianne says:
None so far... knock on wood!
Shelly says:
Eldest had an operation within first 24 hours of life. His intestine hadnt formed properly and they needed to repair it.
Dee says:
Fred and pneumonia, it was a scary time, but he was really brave
Ruth says:
my son has alopecia totalis... he has coped remarkably well.
Kay says:
none, touch wood. my first child was a trick birth with her heart beat dropping and the cord around her neck. She's fine though thank god for the quickness of the midwife.
Andrea says:
Samuel and his toe-walking aaaaagh!!
Tara says:
broken bone
Jo says:
whole in heart and enlarged kidney
Sue says:
Baby ones challenge was just being born. Baby two has been lucky and is fine. Bit colicky
Jane says:
Heart Murmors in both. Libby had clicky hips.
Tracy says:
so far baby falling of bed. step daughter breaking her wrist
Kim says:
RSV. Breathing problem,
Jen says:
One word QUINN
Susie says:
None.
Jamie says:
Just the flu and colds
Angela says:
colds..
Natalie says:
nothing yet
Jessika says:
Chicken pox
Candace says:
Asthma
Chantelle says:
whooping cough and pneumonia of the blood
Nicole says:
She had a chest infection when she was born, at wasn't taking in enough oxygen, but she was a fighter and pulled through.
Josee says:
constipation and weight gain
Mindy says:
first son has a heart murmur that is not serious.
Tina says:
heart and athsma
Bonnie says:
one had hernia surgery at 2 mnths old ; one had inner ear surgery at 5 yrs old & then 2 more surgeries to try to rebuild the ear drum ; day before my daughter's 15 th. birthday she was in a car accident, ended up in hospital trama unit for a week with liver lacerations & other injuries.... first 3 mnths critical to her healing.... been almost a year & her liver is 100%..... amazing organ the liver.
Lorraine says:
eyes
Michelle says:
Autism spectrum disorder
Isabel says:
My son had to cope with a bereavement of his grandfather, who he was very close to, at an early age
Wyndi says:
Izabell has PHACE syndrome She had open heart surgery at 6 weeks old, pacemaker at 9 weeks and has had many many surgeries in the last 3 years. She has had alot of challenges but is s happy beautiful smart little girl:)
Barbara says:
Hemangioma and PHACE
Carrie says:
well,my oldest wasnt feeding and almost had to be tube fed she was tiny and stayed in the hospital longer she was very ill
Rachel says:
i prefer not to answer in case of a jinx...
Kathy says:
Thankfully, nothing major yet:)
Brenda says:
None, besides the regular colds and flus. I am blessed
Sherry says:
Profoundly hard of hearing.
Melody says:
Coral's asthma and allergies.
Corrina says:
Nothing so far. I have been truelly blessed to have healthy girls.
Veronica says:
has mild asthma
corishane says:
Cerebral palsy
Brenda says:
When he was born he didn't have enough platelets because my antibodies went through the placenta and destroyed all of his. He also had a bad case of Jaundice. So he stayed in the NICU for 6 days
Lindsey says:
they both had breathing issues when they came... Allergies, ear infections, bronchitus, asthma.... you know the norm!
Raylene says:
allergies
Kristina says:
Being hospitalized 18 times and almost dying twice.
Claire says:
none really, just getting into a routine
Vicki says:
Jes was in special care for 2 weeks
Jaime says:
Being born at 30 weeks
Kristen says:
blessed to not really have any except a mouth full of cavities :(
Jennifer says:
Sleeping, my girl doesn't like to sleep!!
Kristy says:
Since birth, just a basic cold, I have been very fortunate, exzema is the only real issue
Jennifer says:
Ian's was his prematurity (which you would not be able to tell now) and Mallory was her PKU (phenylketoneuria) which is monitered every two years and she has to be on a low protein diet when she wants to have children of her own.
Sarah says:
ear infection?
Pam says:
Those first 4 months in NICU, Aaron was on a respirator, had 4 blood transfusions, went blind in both eyes, and had major surgery. When he was discharged to come home, he was only 9 lbs.(@ 4mos), but wasn't on any meds, & never has been since. Today, he's a happy, healthy 9 year old with no medical problems.
Darlene says:
Multiple ear infections and having his tonsils out when he was 2 plus the fact that I didn't realize he was lactose intolerant.
Georgena says:
Neonatal alloimmunine thrombocytopenia
Erica says:
None so far
sarah says:
Right now george is just one big health issue

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