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This page is a forum for stories of parents and youth who have lymphovenous disorders.
E-mail us at info@lymphovenous-canada.ca with your story.

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Link to the International Lymphoedema Framework care of children with lymphoedema focus document

The ILF Focus Document:
Care of Children with Lymphoedema

View a videoclip here about the BIG BOOK FOR KIDS outreach program of the Lymphedema Association of Ontario. It is the organization's first initiative to focus on children. In collaboration with The Hospital for Sick Children's Department of Rehabilitation Services, a donated book will be provided to each newly diagnosed patient with lymphedema, aged newborn to eleven.

View the videoclip (to the right) about the BIG BOOK FOR KIDS outreach program of the Lymphedema Association of Ontario. It is the organization's first initiative to focus on children. In collaboration with The Hospital for Sick Children's Department of Rehabilitation Services, a donated book will be provided to each newly diagnosed patient with lymphedema, aged newborn to eleven.

 

 

baby picture with quote: a number of children see me at the physiotherapy clinic...but they each require a different approachHow parents and children cope with lymphovenous disorders: stories from the front line at the Hospital for Sick Children

Ability On-line: The electronic mail system that connects young people with disabilities or chronic illness to disabled and non-disabled peers and mentors

 

The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario have lymphovenous teams listed by the Ontario Ministry of Health:

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