Amare is a 6-year-old boy from a lush jungle village in Africa. Amare lived in a small hut with his mum, dad, and older brother Kwame. Every summer, Kwame would leave the village to attend summer school where he learnt about the environment and how to conserve the rainforest. Amare was now old enough to … More Captain Planet ~ Myopia (Short Sightedness)
Nemo was a bright, energetic, and hilarious clown fish fingerling. During the day he loved frolicking through the vibrant ocean corals and sea anemones with his angelfish friends. Although Nemo was a happy fry by day, he seemed to be spooked by night. Several times per week, Nemo experienced night terrors. One night, Nemo was … More Nemo’s Night Troubles ~ Night Terrors
Shrek and Fiona were having a lovely relaxing day in the Kingdom of Far Far Away. They had just come back from the swamp spa and were getting ready to meet their best friend Donkey in Ogreville Park. “Shrek are you ready to go?” asked Fiona. “Yes, I am all ready” replied Shrek as he … More Donkey’s Holiday to Neverland~ Nephrotic Syndrome
Once upon a time, there was a poor widow who had only one son, James, and a single chicken named sooty. All they had to live on was the eggs sooty laid each morning which they carried to the market and sold. One morning, sooty did not lay any eggs and James and his mother … More Jack and the Magic Broad Beans ~ Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
Cinderella looked down at the palace gardens from the balcony, it was beautiful. She saw the horses in the stable and wished she could ride the them through the fields with Prince Charming. When she first moved into the castle she loved exploring the local villages and meeting the townspeople. But it had been a … More Cinderella ~ Malnutrition
It was a joyous day in the jungle. Tarzan and Jane, the King and Queen of the Jungle, had just had a baby son. Everyone was gathered around to see. The snakes, monkeys, toucans, parrots, leopards, tigers, even the sloths were there. All were smiling and chattering happily and excitedly. “Mum, he’sssss gorgeous!” Seth the … More A New Sound in the Jungle ~ Laryngomalacia
Sllluuurrrrpp. Pooh licked the last of the honey off his hands. Winnie-the-Pooh had completely consumed all the honey in his house! Pooh bear loved all sweet foods: cakes, lolly pops, chocolate, Rabbit’s carrot pies, but most of all, Pooh loved Honey. Once Pooh started on a jar of honey, he could eat the entire jar, … More Pooh Bear ~ Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
As Harry sat in the middle of his new ‘Jungle Gym’ play mat, Michelle became increasingly worried. She was noticing unusual signs in her six-month year old son that had never concerned her before. Today something was strange in Harry’s behaviour. He wasn’t playing as normal nor was he crawling around as much. Any loud … More Harry the Soldier ~ Tay-Sachs Disease
Jack’s mother was not happy. ‘How could you have sold the cow for some beans?’ she fumed. ‘The cow’s milk was our only hope! And now we have nothing!!!!’ ‘B-b-b-but, mother, an o-o-o-old man told me they’re magic beans!’ Jack replied. ‘There is no such thing as magic, Jack, go to bed!’ screamed his mother, … More Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum ~ Stutter
Jack had trouble at school. The other kids in Jack’s class would call Jack names and bully him for having crossed eyes. Rory, the biggest bully in school yelled out to Jack during maths class, “Hey Jack, why is the teacher cross-eyed? Because she can’t control her pupils!”. Jacked looked baffled by Rory’s joke, it … More Captain Jack ~ Strabismus (Squint)
