Successful Recovery & Care

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh understands that successful recovery and care extends well beyond the hospital stay. Below we've compiled information to help parents and caregivers understand the medical and emotional needs of your child or teen once they leave the hospital.

• Improving Life After Transplantation
• Camp Chihopi
• Physical Therapy
• Receiving Vaccinations after Transplantation
• Compliance: The Key is We!
• Total Parenteral Nutrition

Safety & Best Practices

• Infection
• Travel Tips
• Food Safety
• Drawing Up Medications from a Vial
• Flushing Your Catheter
• Washing Your Hands

Coping

• Lifestyle Changes After Transplantation
• Different Kinds of Coping
• Going Home after Your Child's Liver Transplant
• Going Home after Your Child's Small Bowel Transplant
• Coping for Teens: Chronic Illness and Transplantation Issues in the Adolescent