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โ€œ๐™’๐™šโ€™๐™ซ๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ.โ€ โ€“ Bagus, father of baby Adelina.  This Fatherโ€™s Day, weโ€™re...
07/09/2025

โ€œ๐™’๐™šโ€™๐™ซ๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ.โ€ โ€“ Bagus, father of baby Adelina.

This Fatherโ€™s Day, weโ€™re celebrating proud dad, Bagus and his firstborn, Adelina.

Baby Adelina made her arrival at the Womenโ€™s and Childrenโ€™s Hospital (WCH) on Thursday 4, September 2025 at 2.20am, weighing 2.94kg.

Originally from Indonesia, Bagus and mum of Adelina, Nanik moved to Adelaide in February 2024, after getting married in 2022.

โ€œWe are from a little city called Jogja, which is not too crowded. That's why we love Adelaide, it feels like home to us,โ€ says Bagus.

โ€œThe baby's name is Adelina, which is from ADELaide and IndoNesiA.โ€

โ€œIโ€™m very excited and scared at the same time, but mostly very, very happy.โ€

Congratulations Bagus and Nanik and we wish a very Happy Fatherโ€™s Day to all the dads, stepdads, grandfathers, and fatherly figures. ๐Ÿ’™

Meet 11 year old Annie and her dogs Muffin, Benny and Polly. Annie lives on a farm in regional SA and manages severe ast...
05/09/2025

Meet 11 year old Annie and her dogs Muffin, Benny and Polly. Annie lives on a farm in regional SA and manages severe asthma with the assistance of our Breathing Space team at the Womenโ€™s and Childrenโ€™s Hospital (WCH). We are sharing her story to raise awareness for #๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—”๐˜€๐˜๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ.

Annie was first diagnosed with asthma when she was 2 years old and began seeing a Respiratory Specialist at the WCH. Respiratory Nurse, Kate has also supported Annie over the past year, helping with her bi-weekly Omalizumab injections to assist in better control of allergic asthma.

Kirsty, Annieโ€™s mum says, โ€œIn between asthma exacerbations, Annie is a fit and healthy girl, but her asthma is very debilitating when sheโ€™s sick.โ€

โ€œItโ€™s pretty tricky to manage when youโ€™re a long way from the major hospital, but the support from the WCH Respiratory team has been incredible. Itโ€™s so reassuring to know there is always someone we can ring for advice.โ€

โ€œAnnie is so diligent and manages her asthma really well. Sheโ€™s made up her own โ€˜asthma bagโ€™sโ€™ that she takes to school and sport, packed with a puffer, spacer, antihistamine and EpiPen. Sheโ€™s so organised for an 11 year old!โ€

โ€œAnnie has received amazing care at the WCH, the doctors, nurses and admin team have all been so supportive and put Annieโ€™s best interestโ€™s first.โ€

Kate, Annieโ€™s Respiratory Nurse says, โ€œDespite having allergies to grass pollen and olive trees to name a few, as well as the challenges to living remotely, Annie is nothing but resilient. With the help of her injections, nasal sprays, and preventer puffers, she approaches life with optimism and spark!โ€

Annie, you are an inspiration to us all. Thank you for sharing your story and reminding us that severe asthma does not have to limit you from enjoying life.

Weโ€™d also like to extend our gratitude to the dedicated parents and caregivers who support their children in managing asthma. Your commitment to navigating the complexities of life with asthma is invaluable.

For more information on our WCH Respiratory team and The Breathing Space, visit https://tinyurl.com/2zsavyx4

๐™’๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃโ€™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜พ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃโ€™๐™จ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก (๐™’๐˜พ๐™ƒ) ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™›๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ! ๐ŸŽ ๐ŸŽ‰Grace and Mikhail were jumping for joy today,...
03/09/2025

๐™’๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃโ€™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜พ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃโ€™๐™จ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก (๐™’๐˜พ๐™ƒ) ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™›๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ! ๐ŸŽ ๐ŸŽ‰

Grace and Mikhail were jumping for joy today, as we celebrated the opening of our brand new playground โ€“ thoughtfully designed with every child in mind.

From a large peekaboo wall to a slide, in-ground trampoline and carousel, the new playground has a contemporary design and includes a range of different equipment to support the physical, development and therapeutic needs of our patients and families.

This new playground gives children the chance to continue to laugh, play, and just be kids, even in the most challenging of times.

Thank you to the WCH Foundation and its donors for your support and generosity.

We canโ€™t wait to see all the smiles on the childrenโ€™s faces when they see one of their favourite hospital areas has had a โ€˜glow upโ€™. ๐Ÿ’™

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž! ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽˆCharlie has been under our care at the Womenโ€™s and Childrenโ€™s Hospital (WCH) Paediatric R...
01/09/2025

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž! ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽˆ

Charlie has been under our care at the Womenโ€™s and Childrenโ€™s Hospital (WCH) Paediatric Renal Team since he was an infant, and recently received the greatest gift of all โ€“ a kidney transplant from his dad.

To celebrate this milestone, South Australian cricketer and Childhood Cancer Association ambassador, Thomas Kelly, made a special visit to Charlie on his 18th birthday and surprised him with a signed Adelaide Strikers cap.

A talented cricketer himself, Charlie has represented South Australia in the Indoor Cricket Championships, and we canโ€™t wait to see him back out on the pitch soon.

A big thank you to Thomas and the Childhood Cancer Association for giving your time and support to the families in our care. ๐Ÿ’›

โ€œ๐™„ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ.โ€ โ€“ Robyn, Womenโ€™s and Childrenโ€™s...
29/08/2025

โ€œ๐™„ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ.โ€ โ€“ Robyn, Womenโ€™s and Childrenโ€™s Health Network (WCHN) Volunteer.

This August, as part of our 60 Years of Volunteers celebrations, weโ€™re delighted to recognise Robyn, who has been volunteering in the Theatre and Holding Bay at the Womenโ€™s and Childrenโ€™s Hospital (WCH) since early 2023.

With a background in teaching, Robyn wanted to give back after retiring, using her skills to support children and families during what can often be an anxious time.

One moment that has stayed with her was seeing a family she knew from Ronald McDonald House arrive for surgery.

Robyn says, โ€œThe look on Mumโ€™s face when she recognised me was lovely, just a little connection that she found reassuring in a stressful time.โ€

โ€œAs a volunteer I feel immense pleasure and purpose in the role I play at the hospital. Feeling like Iโ€™ve helped someone, even just a tiny bit, is very rewarding.โ€

Thank you, Robyn, for the warmth and positivity you bring each week. You are truly making a difference in the lives of children and families at WCHN.

To learn more about volunteering with us, visit: https://tinyurl.com/4czbp8ju

โ€œ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†โ€™๐˜€...
28/08/2025

โ€œ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.โ€ โ€“ Claire, Clancyโ€™s mum.

This , we honour the memory of beautiful Clancy and are sharing his story. Clancy was born in June 2023 and was named after the poem, โ€˜Clancy of the Overflowโ€™ by Banjo Patterson.

After spending the first week with his family at home, Clancy returned to hospital due to concerns with his breathing. He spent 6 weeks in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the Womenโ€™s and Childrenโ€™s Hospital (WCH) where he was diagnosed with a rare, degenerative and non-curable neuromuscular disorder, Nemaline Rod Myopathy. This condition caused Clancyโ€™s muscles to weaken, becoming more and more reliant on ventilation.

Sadly, Clancy passed away at just 9 weeks old.

Claire says, โ€œ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด.โ€

โ€œ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜Š๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ.โ€

โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜๐˜Š๐˜œ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ.โ€

โ€œ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ.โ€

We extend a heartfelt thank you to Claire and Alex for sharing Clancyโ€™s beautiful story with us. โค๏ธ

Our thoughts are with anyone who has experienced the loss of a baby or child, no matter the age or cause.

For 24/7 Grief & Loss Support call Red Nose on 1300 308 307

To access our grief resources visit: https://www.wch.sa.gov.au/patients-visitors/children/support-for-parents-carers/grief-support/grief-resources

โค๏ธ Nurse Amber meets Baby Amber โค๏ธWhen Anne (left) gave birth to her second daughter, she was inspired to name her Amber...
26/08/2025

โค๏ธ Nurse Amber meets Baby Amber โค๏ธ

When Anne (left) gave birth to her second daughter, she was inspired to name her Amber โ€“ the same name as the nurse who gave her such special care a few years earlier with her first born.

Nurse Amber (right) made such a lasting impact on Anne's journey in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) after her first daughter was also born prematurely and needed special care.

Her second daughter was born at 25 weeks and has spent 128 days across the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at the Womenโ€™s and Childrenโ€™s Hospital (WCH).

During Anneโ€™s first experience, she struggled in the early days to navigate life in the NICU and having to go home each day without her baby.

It wasnโ€™t until a heartening conversation with WCH nurse, Amber, that Anne started to find her confidence as a first-time mum.

โ€œIt was the first time someone said to me, youโ€™re still mum,โ€ Anne says.

โ€œAmber told me: youโ€™re in control. Youโ€™re more important than anyone here. Weโ€™re just helping. Whatever you need, let us know. Weโ€™re here for you.

โ€œIt was just that sense of calm and belonging. I am so grateful for her care,โ€ Anne says.

โ€œI canโ€™t thank her enough. It was just meant to be,โ€ Anne smiles.

Thank you to nurse Amber and all of our incredible staff working across the WCH neonatal services every day for your kindness, compassion and dedication to helping improve the lives and wellbeing of babies, women and their families.

What a beautiful story! Thank you, Anne, for sharing โค

๐Ÿ’™ โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š, ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š. ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ž๐™ขโ€Javaleโ€™s m...
22/08/2025

๐Ÿ’™ โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š, ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š. ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ž๐™ขโ€Javaleโ€™s mum Teresa

In September 2024, Javale sustained a traumatic brain injury and was cared for at the Womenโ€™s and Childrenโ€™s Hospital (WCH) with months of intensive rehabilitation but it didnโ€™t stop a special 13th birthday celebration.

โ€œWhen the doctor delivered the news that he sustained a severe traumatic brain injury, my husband and I felt like it was all a dream, it is not true.โ€ said Teresa.

Javale underwent surgery and was placed in an induced coma for three days while the swelling in his brain subsided. He slept through much of the next two weeks, with his parents and sister always by his side.

Just weeks after his injury, Javale celebrated his 13th birthday in hospital with his friends and their families and medical staff including t-shirts with Javaleโ€™s name, words of inspiration, presents and a cake.

โ€œIt was the most memorable birthday for us, but for Javale, he can only remember it because of the photos that we showed him.โ€

Jason and Teresa said all the staff at the Womenโ€™s and Childrenโ€™s Hospital had been โ€œso wonderfulโ€.

โ€œI keep telling them, I know this is your job but itโ€™s not just about your job, itโ€™s about the concern you show to your patients, not just Javale, we really thank you for that,โ€ Jason said.

โ€œJavaleโ€™s recovery journey is not easy, but with all these wonderful people visiting us, giving us their support, compassion, and prayers, it gives us the strength to face our situation. Javale is doing well with his progress, and we are all rooting for him that, in time, he will get his full healing and recovery. It might take a long road, but acceptance and understanding are needed for him to surpass this.โ€

Thank you to Javale and his family for sharing his story this

๐Ÿ“šโœจ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ (WCH)! โœจ A hospital stay doesnโ€™t mean missing out on the ...
20/08/2025

๐Ÿ“šโœจ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ (WCH)! โœจ A hospital stay doesnโ€™t mean missing out on the joy of dressing up and celebrating stories. ๐Ÿ’œ

Patients at WCH showed off their creativity at our Book Week parade, joined by some very special characters from across the universe, from Snow White and Spiderman, to Rapunzel, Ariel, Bumblebee, Aurora and Alice in Wonderland. ๐ŸŒŸ

The Book Buddy Program also brought the wonder of reading right to childrenโ€™s bedsides, thanks to the support of the WCH Foundation and Starlight Children's Foundation.

A big thank you to Hospital School SA , WCH Foundation, Starlight Children's Foundation Australia and Make a Smile Adelaide for providing so much fun throughout the week!

Patients like 7-year-old Cazna had a blast celebrating   at  hands-on experiments with Hospital School SA Originally fro...
19/08/2025

Patients like 7-year-old Cazna had a blast celebrating at hands-on experiments with Hospital School SA

Originally from the Northern Territory, Cazna has been staying in Adelaide for the past 3 months while she recieves her treatment. She made sure to join in on the fun and complete an experiment learning how mixtures of materials can make a bag pop! ๐Ÿ’ฅ

To learn more about Hospital School SA at the Women's and Children's Hospital, visit https://www.wch.sa.gov.au/patients-visitors/coming-to-wch/hospital-school

Adelaide Crows fanatic, 5-year-old Zack was absolutely thrilled to meet some members of the Adelaide Crows as they stopp...
16/08/2025

Adelaide Crows fanatic, 5-year-old Zack was absolutely thrilled to meet some members of the Adelaide Crows as they stopped by the Women's and Children's Hospital for a 'fly-by' visit. ๐Ÿ’›โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’™

Zackโ€™s comes from a country town 5 hours away and has visited the WCH many times due to multiple brain surgeries relating to his hydrocephalus aqueduct stenosis, a condition where excess cerebrospinal fluid builds up in the brain.

Zacks mum Sophie says โ€œHe is an absolute mad crows supporter (obsessed actually ) he knows the names and numbers to all the players, sings the song every day, He even wrote a letter to the team and sent it off with his kindy teacher a year or so ago. Every adelaide trip is a stop off at CROWmania and the West Lakes oval for a kick.โ€

โ€œMeeting the players has been absolutely made his week! For an obsessed boy itโ€™s been an amazing experience.โ€

Weโ€™re so glad you had this special moment, Zack โ€” and we wish the Adelaide Crows the best of luck in their game against the Pies tonight!

Tonight, the 2025 Womenโ€™s and Childrenโ€™s Health Network (WCHN) Excellence Awards were held at the Adelaide Convention Ce...
15/08/2025

Tonight, the 2025 Womenโ€™s and Childrenโ€™s Health Network (WCHN) Excellence Awards were held at the Adelaide Convention Centre with 30 finalists showcasing some of the incredible work that happens here.

Congratulations go the following winners:
๐ŸŸฃ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ - Small Baby Group
๐ŸŸฃ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™€๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฃ-๐˜พ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ - Haematology Oncology School Team
๐ŸŸฃ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ - Monica Diaz
๐ŸŸฃ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™€๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ - Disability Access and Inclusion Project at Yarrow Place
๐ŸŸฃ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™›๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™Œ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ - Sophie Sennar
๐ŸŸฃ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™€๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ - 12-Month Child Health and Development Check
๐ŸŸฃ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Š๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ - The Cocoon Program
๐ŸŸฃ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™€๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™—๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ - Rose Highfold
๐ŸŸฃ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™›๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™”๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ - Marnie O'Meara
๐ŸŸฃ๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐™๐™€๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ - The Alongside Grief and Loss Program
๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐™€๐™Š ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™€๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š - Taikurrinthi โ€“ Aboriginal Liaison Unit
๐˜พ๐™€๐™Šโ€™๐™จ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™™
โ€ข Paediatric Trauma Prevention
โ€ข Transfusion@Home
โ€ข Continuity of Care Protocols Project
โ€ข Jacob Hall

From everyone at WCHN, congratulations!! Thank you so much to our major event sponsor WCH Foundation for their generous support, our silver sponsor Police Credit Union, award sponsor Adelaide University and Bowden Printing. ๐Ÿ’œ

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