Recovery and Resilience
"You never wake up and imagine that you, or your child, would have to endure this kind of madness."
Hear the stories of three children who were impacted by gun violence and treated at Blythedale Children's Hospital.
Additional Stories
From Tragedy to Triumph: Alex’s Journey of Healing and Hope
Last summer, 13-year-old Alex was riding his bike and was struck by a dump truck. He was rushed to Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and taken to the emergency room in critical condition. Dr. Diana Haddad, Blythedale's new inpatient medical director, was an attending physician at Maria Fareri and on...
Just days before Christmas in 2023, a previously healthy, five-year-old Bella suffered a seizure that sent her to Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York (CHONY). A follow-up appointment for outpatient neurology was scheduled to investigate a possible epilepsy syndrome. However, a few days...
Eleven-year-old Savannah immediately fills any room she enters with her bright smile and sassy personality, never letting her complex medical condition define her. At birth, Savannah was diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening genetic disorder, Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS)...
