Article updated: 3/22/2013 2:23 PM

Do you know when to take your child to the ER?

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The four Steward children — Brie, Joey, Keiley and Shelbie — have kept their mother, Debbie Steward of Carol Stream, busy mending wounds and injuries.

Dr. Neal J. Edelson is chief medical officer at Presence St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin.

Dr. Todd Zimmerman is medical director of pediatric emergency medicine at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove and St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates.

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Debbie Steward of Carol Stream knows a thing or two about sticks and stones and broken bones. The mother of four is an expert at handling scrapes, scratches, cuts and bruises. She also has spent her fair share amount of time in the local emergency room with one or another of the children needing emergency care for broken bones, sprains, and strains.