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Servicing Harnett County and Surrounding Areas Since 1994
POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED at the office and we will be OPEN for normal business hours tomorrow, Thursday, 10/13/16. Please bear with us as we respond to your calls and process requests as quickly as possible. Also, our immunizations and immunotherapy medications will be relocated from safe, offsite storage so those services will not be available.
ABC Pediatrics’ celebrates PA Week each year but this year we have stepped up our game! During PA Week, which runs from October 6-12th, we are holding our first annual “I Love My PA” Contest where our parents on Facebook can help their favorite’s win recognition and a special prize
ABC Pediatrics proudly announces that Taylor Faith Aman is the 2016 recipient of The Susan A. Ryals Memorial Scholarship Award. Taylor began her high school career at Hobbton High School.
We currently live in an electronic age that allows for immediate connections to world-wide events. Twenty-four hour news cycles are created, documented and shared by social media postings, radio transmissions and television broadcasts.
Summertime has“officially” started and those long days of Summer are definitely upon us! Time will fly by as families spend hours of fun in the sun over the upcoming months. Pool parties, beach trips or just playing outside will certainly result in “sun-kissed” skin.
True Story…..A 22-month-old boy fell to the bathroom floor, began vomiting blood, and stopped breathing. His family called paramedics. The child died in the emergency room before his x-ray could be interpreted. An autopsy revealed that he had swallowed a button battery that had lodged in and severely burned his esophagus. He died from internal bleeding. The circumstances and timeframe surrounding when the child found and swallowed the battery remain unknown. The family reported that
In recognition of Father’s Day on June 19th, 2016, ABC Pediatrics is holding a Father-Child Look Alike Photo Contest on our Facebook page! Submit your best picture of Dad with his mini-me below and you will be entered for one of two great prizes! The pictures will be placed in a Facebook album where your friends and family can come over and like, love, wow and share!
I am Dr. Mary Ann Chiodo, a Pediatrician and one of the founders of ABC Pediatrics. I’m also the mother of 6 fair skinned children. Over the years, I’ve shared concerns expressed by parents regarding the proper use of sunscreen.Countless sunscreen options and confusing warning labels often prompt parents to call our office during the summertime.
Summer isn’t officially here yet but the providers and staff at ABC Pediatrics are geared up to prepare students for the 2016 – 2017 school year! It is time to schedule those school, camp and sports physicals, time to make sure those Asthma Action Plans are up-to-date, and time to get Medication Forms and Immunizations updated.
So…I was walking down the LONG hallway at ABC Pediatrics one day recently. You know the one, the hallway that goes from one end of the building to the other. The hallway that splinters off in both directions, leading you to your doctor. The hallway that leads you to Check-out when your appointment is over.
INSPECTION COMPLETE. CERTIFICATE of EXCELLENCE AWARDED! The laboratory at ABC Pediatrics scored 100% with ZERO DEFICIENCIES on its recent biennial review by COLA!
THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED! WE WILL HOLD A FATHER’S DAY LOOK ALIKE NEXT. ABC Pediatrics will be holding a Mother’s Day and Father’s Day look alike contest on Facebook this year! Mom’s Day is first so submit your best picture of Mom with her mini-me below and you will be entered for one of three great prizes! The pictures will be placed in a Facebook album where your friends and family can come over and like,
More and more parents are becoming aware of autism. We hear about autism on the news and radio but are often left to wonder exactly what autism is.
The ABC Pediatrics’ In-Office Lab is an integral component in the care of our patients. It is staffed by two fully trained and certified Medical Laboratory Technicians (MLTs) and a full time dedicated assistant. These professionals are highly skilled at blood collection and trained in the processing and testing of specimens.
Have you purchased or checked in to buying the latest electronic gadgets? Wow, are they expensive! For example, the latest Ipod touch will run around $200! That doesn’t include the protective case or all the apps! While products like Ipods, Ipads, smart phones, gaming systems, tablets and personal entertainment devices cost lots of money, the financial expense is no comparison to how much excessive “screen time” on those devices are costing young minds.
BODY IMAGE: – the way you see yourself when you look in the mirror – is something that has been talked about A LOT over the past 25 years. In recognition of Eating Disorder Awareness Week, we wanted to talk to you about the things that put those thoughts in a lot of girls’ heads. Our hope is that you learn something that will help you avoid this very serious problem, AND help you feel
BODY IMAGE: – the way you see yourself when you look in the mirror – is something that has been talked about A LOT over the past 25 years. In recognition of Eating Disorder Awareness Week, we wanted to talk to you about the things that put those thoughts in a lot of girls’ heads. Our hope is that you learn something that will help you avoid this very serious problem, AND help you feel
Respiratory Syncytial (sin-SISH-uhl) Virus, or RSV, is a respiratory virus that infects the lungs and breathing passages. Healthy people may become infected with this virus and usually experience mild, cold-like symptoms and recover in a week or two.
Welcome Autumn! Autumn Karsko, LCSW-A earned her Bachelors of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and then followed that with her Masters of Social Work at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2016. Autumn has worked in an outpatient mental health setting with children and adolescents in Greensboro, North Carolina, as well as been a part of a sexual assault hospital response team in Wilmington, NC.
I LOVE watching movies with my kids! I love the action, the adventure, the comedy, AND I love that children’s movies, cartoons and books can often teach us important lessons.