PAEDS Small Talk - Introduction Episode

We acknowledge traditional owners of the land and pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise their connection to Country and their role in caring for and maintaining Country over thousands of years. 

Join us on the PAEDS ‘Small Talk’ Podcast, where we chat about some pretty big topics with everyday families, doing incredible things. 

As paediatric nurses we have cared for children in the intensive care unit and across many different wards and disciplines in our careers, and we thought we knew everything we needed to know to support children and their families.

But it wasn't until we started teaching carers in children's homes that we really got offered a seat at the family table to gain an insight into the incredible ways parents and carers are navigating everyday life as a family when their child has a complex medical illness or is recovering from a traumatic injury. 

We have always been in awe of these incredible children and their families, but when we sat down over a cuppa and a chat, we gained a much better perspective of the struggles, the challenges and the beautiful and incredible success and achievements that these families experience daily.

These stories are those of everyday heroes, of parents or siblings who go to extraordinary lengths to give their children a home in which they can not just survive, but thrive. These are the stories of parents that advocate, support and nurture their families that include a child with a medical illness or injury that means everyday life may look a little different for them. There will be tears of happiness and also of grief, as we get real.

These stories are just too amazing for us to keep to ourselves, and so we want to bring you in on the conversation too, so we hope you have some time to listen to PAEDS ‘Small Talk’.

Grace & Sarah
PAEDS 

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