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We have recently moved and our new place as a saltwater #swimming pool. We love this as it allows us to play in the water without...
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Dr. Penny Lane
May 7, 202316 min read
Individualized Educational Programs
Most everyone has heard of the #IEP even if their own child hasn't required one. This is a legal document under United States law that is...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 1, 20235 min read
Varicella-Zoster: Chickenpox
Most everyone my age and older endured the chickenpox as a child. Certainly none of us feared it; really, it was more an inconvenience or...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 1, 20235 min read
Measles
The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) alerted clinicians today to a report from the Kentucky Department for Public Health of a...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 16, 20233 min read
Diabetes in Our Littles
This isn't the first time I've written about diabetes, nor I am sure, will it be my last. Diabetes has become a true epidemic, alongside...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 15, 202316 min read
Sexual Abuse: My Story
This really shouldn't come as any surprise because, well, I am female. While not every woman has a history of rape or child molestation,...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 19, 20233 min read
Juvenile Arthritis: Pediatric Rheumatic Disease
Interestingly, this really isn't a specific disease. Juvenile Arthritis is an umbrella term to describe the inflammatory and rheumatic...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 13, 20235 min read
How Do We Differ from Other Primary Care Practices?
There are a number of ways, endless ways, that we differ. We are more different than we are the same to be honest, but today when I was...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 8, 20235 min read
Encopresis: Stool Incontinence in Children
Not having a huge pediatric practice, I must admit how surprised I am by the number of pediatric clients I care for who suffer with stool...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 5, 202310 min read
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Many years ago, while watching the sitcom Parenthood with Ray Romano and the hunky, Dax Shepard, it occurred to my former husband that he...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 4, 20233 min read
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
Another super common finding among little ones, particularly those younger than five years of age. Having six of my own and a few...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 4, 20235 min read
Impetigo: Worthy of all the Fuss?
Since I was a wee little one, I've been very alert to anything health related. Biology fascinated me. First aide was my jam in middle...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Dec 11, 20223 min read
Most Sore Throats & Runny Noses Do Not Need Antibiotics
A tip I share with most of my clients is if your child has more than one symptom - cough, runny nose, sore throat - then it is almost...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Nov 4, 20227 min read
Well Child Checks: Getting Beyond the Immunization Schedule
Assessing children and adolescents really is an art, maybe more so than it is even a highly sophisticated science. Children themselves...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 5, 20223 min read
Vaping & The Risks
Cloud chasing has become quite common among teenagers and young adults, even among a few of my own not-so-little ones unfortunately, and...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 17, 20225 min read
Ear Wax Fascination
My kids have the most wild ear wax and I am not ashamed to say I have a bit of fun with this. I've used candles on them, Elephant ear...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Aug 19, 20225 min read
Mononucleosis: The Kissing Disease
As one of the many herpes viruses, this one living in the epithelial cells of the pharynx and parotid duct, #mononucleosis infects about...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 15, 20229 min read
Parental Alienating Behaviors
It seems contrary to logic that if you pour your heart into your children that they will wholeheartedly love you in return. The reality...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 8, 20229 min read
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Although nursing school was more than twenty years ago now... woah, no, almost thirty years ago, I can't say that I remember learning...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 17, 20228 min read
Asthma in our Little Ones
Common in childhood, #asthma usually presents as wheeze, breathlessness, chest tightness and #cough, many times at night. Too often these...
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