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Your child needs surgery to treat a heart problem. This sheet will help you and your child get ready for the surgery.

Learn how the heart works.

The pleural space is the area between the lung and the chest wall. If air, blood, or fluid gets into this space, it can be a problem. This air, fluid, or blood can cause one or both lungs to collapse, which makes breathing difficult. A chest tube can drain the pleural space. This tube is soft and flexible. Your child may need a chest tube to prevent their lung from collapsing. Or they may need it to allow the lung to expand after collapsing.

Your child may need to have a heart problem treated using interventional cardiac catheterization. Learn the risks and what to expect.

A spica cast is used to stabilize and protect the hip or thigh area for a set time. Read on to learn more.

Your child has a crack or break in 1 or more of the bones of the elbow joint. Learn about diagnosis and treatment.

Your child has a forearm fracture. That means they have a crack or break in 1 or both of the forearm bones. Learn more about this type of fracture, from diagnosis and treatment to home care.

Parkinson disease is caused by a problem with a small area of your brain. This part of the brain helps control your movement and balance. For reasons that are not yet clear, cells in this part of the brain stop working.

Parkinson disease symptoms vary from person to person. Some people may have many severe symptoms, while others have only a few mild ones. Symptoms change over time—different symptoms may occur at different stages, and symptoms may get worse as the disease progresses.