Tag: rare-disease
![Tyler Whitehead with a basketball](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tyler-and-Sara-Whitehead-web-size-9950-007.jpg)
Rare disease doesn’t keep Tyler down
Eight-year-old Tyler Whitehead is a very active and outgoing child. He loves to swim, ride his bike, jump on the...
![A woman sits on the edge of her daughter's bed, speaking to a laptop computer. The girl in the bed wears glasses. The bed has railings to prevent falls.](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Sara-Pot-virtual-visit.jpg)
Online appointments deliver care and peace of mind
As a mother of four, including two daughters with significant medical needs, Sara Pot has her hands full on the...
![Ella in the playroom at McMaster Children's Hospital](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rett-syndrome-Ella-Sabrina-mom-02072017-web-size-1600px-4.jpg)
Rett Syndrome: a 1 in 10,000 diagnosis
Sabrina recalls the devastation of her diagnosis clearly. Though she works in children's health care, she hadn't heard of Rett Syndrome before. Suddenly, it...
![LInda Chiocchio sitting in her wheel chair outside St. Peter's Hospital](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Linda-Chiocchio.jpeg)
Rare disease detectives
For years, Linda Chiocchio had felt sudden jolts of pain and spasm in her leg. Most doctors brushed it off as a side-effect of her diabetes. But the symptoms persisted and continued to worsen. Eventually she landed in the emergency department at Juravinski Hospital and
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