Patient stories

Mikey and Gabe Leyden

Understanding how newborns' brains respond to anaesthesia

For babies born extremely premature, like twins Mikey and Gabe, the fight for life...

Dealing with chronic period pain

Patient story - Most teenagers never leave the house without their phones. For Ruby, she...

Improving outcomes for premature babies with chronic lung disease

Clementine and Felix are your typical nine-year-olds who enjoy sport and catching up...

Improving treatment for infants with epilepsy

Levi Trowbridge was just three days old and newly released from the maternity ward when...

COVID patients Bodhi, 9, Lenny, 7, and Marley, 6

The kids are OK: the wonder of immunity

When Leila Sawenko and her husband Tony Maguire reunited with their children after a...

Austin, who has been diagnosed with a stutter

Austin’s wish for more understanding about stuttering

Austin Sanday is an active, happy nine-year-old from Queensland, who enjoys video games,...

Hearing loss patient Teddy Cottrell

Saliva test screening babies for leading cause of infectious hearing loss

When Victoria Cottrell's son didn't pass his newborn hearing screening tests she thought...

Call for rare intellectual disability disorders to be added to newborn screening test

If Anu Madan knew her daughter's diagnosis early on, she may have been spared the pain...

Research trials key to finding better treatments for Fragile X

Clinic helping transgender kids make the transition

Mac Zamani knew from an early age the gender he was assigned at birth wasn't the one he...

Allergy patient Emerson

Hoping one day to be free of food allergies

The first time Emerson tried cow's milk he broke out in hives and his eyes and lips...

Lachie refuses to let disability define him

Determined not to be defined by a disability

When Lachie was told he couldn't take part in a primary school swimming carnival because...

Children laughing in a park

Genomic medicine is changing lives for kids and families

Cases like Sebastian's demonstrate the incredible power of genomic research. When...

James and Toni Bloor

Hoping to prevent heart damage for kids with cancer

James was five years old when he became unwell. His glands were swollen, and there was a...

Antoinette Barallon and her family

Helping other kids overcome their food allergies

There are a lot of food allergies in our family. My stepson has food allergies, so I was...