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Equipping You to Parent with Confidence
Parenting a child with hemophilia, sickle cell disease, or another blood disorder can be challenging. At Innovative Hematology, we understand the unique problems of your child’s growth. Our child life specialist is highly trained in blood disorders and how they impact child development. We prepare and support you at every step as your child grows up.
Help For Parents
Learn about your child’s condition and how it impacts different life stages. Get help with the problems you face in parenting a child with sickle cell disease or hemophilia. Our child life specialist knows what you’re going through, and can help you better understand how to keep your child safe and healthy.
Help For Children
Innovative Hematology’s child life specialist also helps kids manage pain and stress during treatments. We work with children to help them develop age-appropriate techniques for handling their condition. As they transition through childhood, we make sure each child grows in confidence and independence.
Resources For Children & Families
Check out these educational materials designed to help children and families navigate healthcare experiences with confidence:
Belly Breathing
Belly Breathing is a way to help you relax. Breathing this way uses your diaphragm (a large muscle that helps expand your lungs). Belly breathing can help manage pain, lower anxiety and stress, and slow down your breathing.
Guided Imagery
Guided Imagery is a way to use your five senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing) to help you relax. With this skill, you can use your mind to help your body relax.
Stress Management
Stress can come from many things, and people feel stress in different ways. Stress is your body’s reaction to change. You can feel stress as tension or strain in your body. It could be a headache or a sore neck.
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Meet the Innovative Hematology Care Team
"The staff is amazing. Especially when you are a new patient. I felt like I was at home and people really cared."
"We're thrilled to be at a practice that values the details of patient care--even after we walk out the door. It's such a relief to know that the staff follows through."
"IHTC has been incredibly supportive, and I cannot imagine my hemophilia care without IHTC."
"The staff at IHTC have always been kind and courteous in all their interactions with me. My questions and concerns are always answered promptly and correctly."
"This practice has to be one of the best I have ever encountered in my 75 years. They are proactive. I have been treated with kindness, respect, and dignity."
"Been a patient for more than twenty years. I have always been treated well by everyone in the office."
"The center has checked all the boxes when it comes to providing proficient medical care."