Kawasaki Disease

Posted: January 10th, 2009 | Filed under: Current Health News | Tags: kawasaki disease, kawasaki syndrome | No Comments »

Kawasaki Disease is in the media these days because of its possible link to the sad death of John Travolta’s 16 year old son Jett. Kawasaki’s is not at all a common disease, and it causes death only very rarely.

About 30 years ago I was working as an RN on the pediatric floor at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and I took care of a little Asian boy who was diagnosed with the disease. I can recall that we were treating him with large doses of aspirin. He was about five years old and I remember Read the rest of this entry »