THE ONLINE COURSE
Learn what to do when your child is sick, your confidence is shaky, and Google's gone full worst-case scenario.
THE GAP NOBODY TALKS ABOUT
Nobody teaches you how to handle the fever that's not going down. The rash that appeared between nappy changes. The nasty cough that you're worried is going to their chest.
The sick-but-not-sick-sick moments that leave you googling symptoms in bed at night and second-guessing yourself until morning.
First aid doesn't cover it. Google makes it worse. And your Doctor can't always see you, right when you need them.
There’s a huge gap here in the messy middle.
And it’s exactly where Sick Happens lives.
BEFORE YOU SCROLL
You're never quite sure if what you're seeing is normal, or something worrying.
You've Googled it. You've read the articles. Yet you still can't make a confident decision.
You're exhausted from the mental tug-of-war: stay home & monitor, or go to ED and be told "it's just viral."
You're terrified of missing something serious, so you always panic instead.
You doubt your own instincts, because what if it's "just" anxiety?
The relentless back-to-back daycare germs. When does it end?
I'm a Masters-qualified Paediatric Nurse with 15+ years of experience. I've sat with thousands of families in some of their most frightening moments.
I also have two boys of my own. Which means I know the other side of that equation intimately. The exhaustion, the second-guessing, and googling things I absolutely know better than to google at midnight.
This contradiction is exactly why this course exists.
But here's what I kept noticing, both in my clinical work and in my own home. Parents didn't need more information. They needed someone to teach them how to use it. How to look at their sick child and actually know what they were seeing. How to make a confident decision at any time of day or night, without spiralling into worst-case scenarios.
So I built the course I wish I'd had the time to explain in person. When terrified parents came to me at the triage desk because they were genuinely convinced something was seriously wrong. Their child was sick. But safe to be at home. They just didn't know it.
PENNY BLUNDEN
MUM OF TWO
PAEDIATRIC NURSE
FOUNDER, SICK HAPPENS
PENNY THE NURSE
✅ Masters-qualified
✅ 15+ years nursing
✅ Peed, vomited & coughed on
✅ Nurse brain assesses symptoms, provides comfort and care, and escalates as needed
PENNY THE MUM
✅ Two boys: 10 and 8 years old
✅ Survived the daycare-plague years
✅ Peed, vomited & coughed on
✅ Mum brain worries, doubts and second-guesses when illness strikes
THE SYSTEM
Most childhood illness advice tells you what to think. The Sick Happens System™ teaches you how to think. A simple three-part system that gives you a clear, repeatable way to handle any illness— no matter what your child comes home with.
STEP ONE
ASSESS
WHAT AM I ACTUALLY SEEING?
A structured way to look at your sick child calmly, clearly and without missing anything important. The step that stops the panic and replaces it with a plan.
STEP TWO
CARE
WHAT DO I DO NOW?
Home care, hydration, medication, rest, symptom tracking. The practical stuff, taught for real life. Not ideal conditions.
STEP THREE
ESCALATE
WHEN DO I NEED TO GET HELP?
A clear, confident framework for knowing exactly when to call the GP, head to Emergency, or call an ambulance. No guilt. No second-guessing.
WHAT'S INSIDE
Self-paced.
Lifetime access.
Built around the Sick Happens System.
Module 1: FOUNDATIONS
Module 2: ASSESS
Module 3: CARE
Module 4: ESCALATE
Module 4: PRACTICE
TRUSTED BY FAMILIES.
RECOMMENDED BY PROFESSIONALS.
★★★★★
"I stayed as calm as I could and knew what to do because of what you share. I'm currently at Westmead Children's with my almost 3-year-old who woke up struggling to breathe."
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"I've been a paediatric GP for 15 years, working with anxious parents through their children's illnesses, and I cannot fault or improve on a single word of the advice you so generously share."
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"I feel like a completely different mum this year with winter coming around. You make me want to stand on a chair and clap."
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"100% the best money I have spent since having a baby. Such a helpful framework for calmly assessing, understanding red flags and when further help is needed."
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"I think I will always have an element of fear or anxiety — it's who I am. But your course made me feel much more in control and as calm as I could be."
★★★★★
"I'm a pharmacist and a mum of two. My clinical knowledge goes completely out of the window when it's my own family who are unwell. I've shared it with so many of my patients."
IT'S TIME TO BECOME SICK DAY READY
Most families spend more than $249 on a single unplanned medical visit: A private Emergency or urgent care clinic, or a GP trip with parking, fees and the pharmacy run on the way home. And that's before you count the sick days taken off work, the anxiety, and the 3am Google spirals that never actually helped. This course costs less than all of that. And unlike those visits, it lasts a lifetime.
ONE TIME PAYMENT
YOURS FOREVER
INSTANT ACCESS TO MODULES
$249
3 MONTHLY INSTALMENTS
SAME COURSE, SAME ACCESS
EASIER ON THE BUDGET
$85
APP vs COURSE
Not sure which Sick Happens product is right for you?
The course is a one-off purchase if you want all the video modules, ready and waiting when you need it.
The APP is best if you want the course modules, plus all the APP goodies: toolkit, video bites, medicine tracker, and the option to pay on and off as needed.
CHECK OUT THE APP