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Healing Beyond Medicine: The Heart of Resilience

"When you hear your child has a sudden medical diagnosis or a sudden trauma, life as our families knew it has undergone a drastic change. One of our goals is to help them navigate that phase of their journey with support, with compassion, with clinical expertise, but mostly with hope."
Watch the inspiring stories of three courageous families, facing trajectories they never envisioned, and learn how Blythedale's Therapeutic and Developmental Support Services team guides them on the road to recovery, and ultimately home.

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Jayden's Joy

Six-year-old Jayden has no shortage of energy. Born at just 29-weeks gestation, the former preemie was diagnosed with intractable epilepsy, which caused seizures that were sometimes several minutes long. He used a manual wheelchair due to spasticity in his legs, and received all his nutrition...

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Maryam's Story: Success with Specialized Feeding

Maryam was born full-term in January at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. At birth, she was noted to have hypotonia, or decreased muscle tone, and a poor ability to feed. Less than a month later, Maryam was admitted to Blythedale Children's Hospital for complex medical care and specialized feeding...

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Steffon's Unbreakable Spirit

Last September, five-year-old Steffon endured a life-threatening health crisis. Born with sickle cell disease, Steffon experiences periods of extreme pain, referred to as pain crises, at least once a year, a challenging but common symptom of the complicated disease. This time, however, was different...