At six years old, Aru greets everyone with a big, warm smile. She is intelligent and charming and will happily share her toys and chat about her games. But behind the brightness of Aru’s personality has been a difficult health journey that began when she was just six months old.

At just two years old, Arlo is sweet and social, radiating confidence and a cheeky sense of humour by looking at him, you would never know that he was born with half a heart. 

Adult eyes were diverted for only a moment, and that’s all it took for Joseph Kitete to reach towards the coffee table and pull a mug of tea over himself. The 15-month-old suffered burns to 13 percent of his body – from head to stomach – in the accident, needing multiple skin grafts. While paramedics […]

Jordan and Gary Ablett cherish their son Levi’s smiles and laughter through his heartbreaking silence.

Alexander Gilbert has been a frequent flyer at The Royal Children’s Hospital since he was a baby.

After a hot tea calamity left little Caleb with severe burns on his hands and head, specialist nurses and plastic surgeons have been ensuring he gets the best care.

Amelia is spreading awareness about childhood cancer, even as she faces her own leukaemia battle, and its down and up days, with a superhero smile.

Ollie doesn't let his prosthetic leg stop him from doing martial arts, playing golf and jumping off things.