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Food Texture Types
Eating and drinking is hard work and is not always automatic. Here you will find strategies for progressing from bottle to cup drinking and for progressing from pureed foods to more complex table foods.
Rehabilitation Medicine
Children's Mercy offers a collaborative model of care for children with physical disabilities that interfere with normal functioning. Our team of specialists provide early interventions to maximize a...
Immunology Clinic
The Immunology Clinic at Children’s Mercy provides care for children with primary immunodeficiency disorders—a group of rare conditions where the immune system is not working well at fighting infections.
Mother-Daughter Kidney Transplant
clara and mom vivi in brazil jersey's At just 3 ½ years old, Clara is an explorer who loves climbing, music and singing along to her mom’s favorite Brazilian music. This ultra-active preschooler...
Nephrology- 400th transplant John Paredes Story
After driving through the night with no sleep, John Paredes just wanted to get there. “I was nervous, excited, waiting for the car ride to be over.” The 19-year-old was traveling from Oklahoma City with...
Single Ventricle Team
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Hip Dysplasia: Ella's Story
ella outside Seven-year-old Ella is the kind of kid who never sits still. She loves to dance, swim, play softball and soccer, and goof around with her younger brother, Reed. With the help of the hip...
Meet Kingston
Kingston Morris was born at Children’s Mercy in March 2023, when a team of nearly 30 providers and several departments completed a rare EXIT-to-airway procedure. He has been diagnosed with CHD4...
Debilitating Pain: Lauren’s Story
Meet Lauren Lauren is a 17-year-old who just graduated from Central High School in Saint Joseph, Mo., with a very specific athletic goal: “After high school, I want to be a Division I baton...
Pairing hearing aids
Help you and your child learn how to better utilize your hearing aids. Below you will find resources to different hearing aid companies on how to pair your hearing aids to phones and other Bluetooth...
Dravet Syndrome Team
Request an Appointnment Refer a Patient Dravet Syndrome Team Contact Us Patient Review (913) 696-8950...
Tracheostomy Videos
Tracheostomy Education Videos How to perform manual ventilation How to change a trach tube How to suction a trach tube using an inline suction catheter How to suction a trach tube using an open suction...
Hearing and Speech Sick Policy
We would like to make sure that your child feels their best and does their best with any testing or therapy at their visit in the Hearing and Speech Department. We would also like to protect our staff and...
Pediatric Proton Therapy
Children’s Mercy Kansas City is the region’s leading pediatric health system, with more than 750 pediatric subspecialists and researchers, including more than 20 doctors who specialize in children’s cancer.
Dressing Change Videos
Antibiotic Ointment and Collagenase Dressing Change View Story Mepitel Ag Dressing Change View Story Polysporin - Antibiotic Ointment Dressing Change View Story Mepilex Ag / Allevyn Ag Dressing Change View...
Dravet Syndrome: Sebastian's Story
Sebastian receives care for a type of epilepsy called Dravet's Syndrome at Children's Mercy.
Tarak Srivastava Q&A
Tarak Srivastava, MD, FASN, is a pediatric nephrologist and researcher at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. He runs a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Nephrology Research Laboratory and is actively...
Dravet Syndrome: Tenley's Story
Tenley is a people-loving 10-year-old who adores roller coasters, swimming and cheerleading. “She’s definitely something,” Tenley’s mom, Hollie, laughed. “That crazy red hair will get you!” Tenley...
Angelman Syndrome: Maddie's Story
Four-year-old Maddie loves cheese and fruit snack gummies, being right in the middle of the action, and playing with her twin sister, Kellie, and older brother, Colin. When she was diagnosed with Angelman...