A Journey of Hope
"No family ever expects to be in this situation. You just don't think it can happen to you."
Did you know 45% of our patients are under the age of one? Follow the extraordinary journeys of a few of Blythedale's smallest and most fragile infants, as their families prepare to bring them home... for the very first time.
Additional Stories
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...
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...
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...
