What is the most serious illness your child has had?

Knock on wood my son is and has always been okay.never been on the hospital and only to the ER once.thank god.I am so sorry for that child and your whole family. When I think of what you all went thur I feel lucky. That me child had good health. You know you never know what is going to happen when a child is born these days. It just seems some type of sickness is waiting around the corner. I hate it when babies/kids get sick. Then when it is something like that it just make eveyone there feel so helpless, you want to do something to help but nothing you can do. I know my stepson has had his time with the ear problems. He has had to have glands taking out of his neck , he liked the ice cream... now he has had migraines from age 7, plus having more things going on with the ears. They hurt during the winter and he has a lot of ear wax drainage. A couple I went to school with had a son and he was born with cancer of his eyes. he suffered for a long time with a lot of treatments but when he turned 4 his parents got him into a hospital in new york. They say he is all better now and in school.. Thank god your child is okay now. God Bless your family !!!

Pneumonia. Both my daughters were hospitalized for more than a week 12 years apart,with severe pneumonia. they were locked into oxygen tents inside their cribs and we weren't supposed to take them out without a nurse present. Next I think was when my oldest went to hospital because she was showing symptoms of a stroke after having her first baby. Turns out it was a calcium toxicity from drinking 6 to 8 quarts of milk every day for years.

My baby was born with a bone disease called Craniosynististos. It's a condition in which the membranes of the skull fuse prematurely causing the skull to not grow. Mostly it is usually aesthetic, but in some cases, the brain will actually outgrow the skull causing developmental problems. We elected for surgery. Generally such surgeries are done within 12 to 18 months. She didn't have her surgery until she was nearly three, because our insurance didn't want to cover what they called a "Cosmetic procedure." After the surgeon contacted the insurance company, they agreed to pay. She was in the hospital for 5 days and I was there with her. The surgery went well. They cut the skull and pulled it down past her face, then they proceeded to fix the deformities. 3 years later, she is doing excellent and the membranes haven't closed again, which is a possibility for many cranio patients. It is the hardest thing to be a parent of a seriously ill child. Kids don't know what's wrong with them. By day 2, Taylor's eyes had swelled shut and she couldn't see me. She could only hear my voice and she would talk to me. Finally, I could set her on my lap as we watched the movies that were available at the children's ward of Johns Hopkins hospital. Even though she couldn't see the screen, she lit up when she heard the songs of "Barney" and "The Wiggles." I'm happy to say that she is happy and healthy now and has little recollection of her time in the hospital. She can only remember hearing "Barney" and "The Wiggles." And she remembers her older siblings bringing her presents.

My son had RSV and Pneumonia when he was 7 months old and talk about scary because I had no clue how he even got that. He went from a happy bouncing baby to a crabby sleepy not wanting to wake sick baby with 104 fever. I now have a 3 month old daughter that hasnt been sick yet, knock on wood and i hope she doesnt get that sick this young.