Pet therapy is an important component of our recreation therapy program. Our patients and residents regularly interact with therapy dogs from the Pet Prescription Team, whose slogan is “Healing hearts through pets.” Today, during one of those visits, three very special dogs were introduced to […]
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Tips to keep your children safe on Halloween Although Halloween is a fun day for many kids, it is important to remember that it is the day in which kids have twice as many chances to get hit by motor vehicles. Here are a few
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Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Launches New Program to Serve Newborns With Complex Medical Needs Discharged From NICUs (LOMA LINDA, Calif. – Oct. 17, 2019) — Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital announced today the opening of a unique program expressly designed to treat newborns with medically complex
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Daniel is a very joyful 12-year-old boy who was admitted to Totally Kids for acute rehabilitation following surgery to his lower extremities. Since birth, Daniel has undergone a series of surgeries and procedures designed to help him maximize his physical abilities and live a healthier
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Did you know that medicines are the leading cause of child poisoning? In fact, in 2017, almost 52,000 children below the age of 6 were taken to the emergency room after ingesting medicines that were not meant for them. That is the equivalent to 1
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Meet Raymond, our first acute rehabilitation patient under the age of 3. On July 11th of this year, Raymond made history when he became the first infant to be admitted into our acute rehabilitation program. Prior to his admission, Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital was licensed
Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital announced that it has received all regulatory approvals to expand its license and now provide early intervention care and therapy services for infants and young children—ages birth to 3 years—with complex physical rehabilitation needs. As a result, the hospital now has the capacity to serve patients with these needs, from birth to age 21.
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Totally Kids is Featured in Emmy® Award Winning Documentary Series Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital was featured in season 4, episode 1, of the Emmy® Award winning series Life on the Line. The series was created by Mound City Films, a documentary film team based in
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We would like to introduce you to Gannon. Gannon became part of the Totally Kids family in 2016 when he was still an infant. Suffering from chronic respiratory failure, Gannon was admitted as a technology-dependent resident. He also received treatment for spastic quadriplegia, a form
King, a 5-year-old boy who continuously made other patients and staff at Totally Kids smile, has been discharged and is now home with his family! He may only be 5, but King does not lack charisma or the ability to show kindness towards others. Admission
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Exoskeleton Helps Our Patients with Brain Injuries Walk Again Exoskeletons are highly efficient and effective therapy devices used in rehabilitation to help individuals regain motor function after experiencing declines in mobility and function following injuries such as a stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury,
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Recreation Therapy and Play is key in our Rehabilitation Program here at Totally Kids. Incorporating recreation and play enables our kids to continue their development as children, adjust to their hospitalization more easily, and to progress on their treatment goals so that they may return
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In December, we shared a link on our Facebook page of a video filmed on our campus by an NBC affiliate, which featured an update on a very special subacute resident, 5-year old Aiden Inman. The video presented Aiden’s progress and focused on how his
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A few days ago we had a very special visitor stop by Totally Kids to say hello! We met Andrew Castillo when he was a 17 year old high school student who had suffered a traumatic brain injury while playing football. Growing up, Andrew had
Jaxon was born with Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy (Type 1), usually characterized by muscle weakness, prolonged muscle tensing, and complications with breathing. The doctors who first provided him medical care at the hospital where he was born said he would be lucky to live to be
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