Stories & Outcomes

Discharge days are bittersweet at Blythedale Children's Hospital. While we miss the children we become so close to over the course of their treatment, our hearts soar when they are able to return to their families and their communities. We are proud to share some of their stories.

Knowledgeable Naphtaly

Health Home Helps Teach Patient Transitions, Responsibility

Naphtaly knows Blythedale. His lengthy and complex medical journey led him to Blythedale over the course of 12 years as an inpatient, a Robert Stone Day Hospital patient, an outpatient, and most recently, an enrollee in the Hospital’s Health Home Care Management Program. Nineteen-year-old Naphtaly...

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  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Complex Post-Surgical Rehabilitation
  • Neuromuscular Scoliosis
  • Centronuclear Myopathy

Smiles for Ian

Strength Through Blythedale's Therapeutic Treatments

There’s a well-known saying, “Home is where the heart is.” For the Lara family of the Bronx a big piece of their heart was at Blythedale Children’s Hospital. That’s where Ian, their nine-month-old son, has been a patient for more than three months. Born last October, at 33-weeks gestation, Ian was...

Tags:

  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Centronuclear Myopathy