For More than 60 Medically Fragile Infants and Children at Blythedale, Feeding Tubes Provide Essential, Life-Saving Nutrition
Eight-month-old AJ was born with both Down syndrome and Tetralogy of Fallot, a rare condition caused by a combination of four heart defects. Shortly after his birth, AJ required major surgery to improve blood flow to his heart. His complex condition necessitated both a tracheostomy (a surgically...
Through Assistive Technology, Joshua's limitations became limitless
Eighteen-year-old Joshua has Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP), a rare neurological disorder that causes progressive weakness and impaired sensory function in the legs and arms. For Joshua, the disease has impacted his movement and coordination, and led to weakness in his...
Cody made his way home just in time for the holidays and for his family's first Christmas as a family of five.
Cody and his sisters, Mackenzie and Abigail, were born prematurely at 27 weeks at Westchester Medical Center. Cody was in distress as a result of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and was born with chronic lung disease typical of premature birth and required CPAP ventilation. He weighed a mere...
Through the dedication of his parents, the staff at Blythedale, and the fight within Leo, he made it home, but not before leaving a lasting impression on all who met him.
Leo was admitted to Blythedale when he was 18-months old after being born with giant omphalocele, a rare birth defect in which the internal organs develop in a sack outside the abdominal wall. Leo required complex medical care for his complicated condition and intensive physical, occupational...
Proving Preemie Power Prevails
Despite their differences, four former preemies share a remarkable common bond at Blythedale Children's Hospital. Meet "The Blythedale Four" and learn about the threads that tie their lives together at New York's only post acute neonatal care rehabilitation center.
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...
Surviving Twin Preemie Weaned From Ventilator Dependency, Goes Home for First Time
As paramedics secured Ada in her car seat atop an ambulance stretcher, her mom, Laurena, stood inside their room at Blythedale Children’s Hospital and reviewed her checklist: 1) Ada’s oxygen levels 2) Ada’s tubing 3) Ada’s seatbelt 4) Ada’s “Discharge Day” outfit The bittersweet moment had finally...
Interpersonal & Interdisciplinary Relationships Help Infant Recover From Near Drowning Brain Injury
First-birthday memories are usually filled with family, friends, balloons and big pieces of cake. That was not the case for Kirk and his family. Instead, there were chest compressions, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and a frantic drive to the emergency room. In August 2020, the joy-filled, healthy...
"We all have fear, but courage is not the absence of fear. It's being able to do what you need to do despite fear." When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the region in March 2020, Blythedale put the safety and needs of its patients, families, staff and community first and became a place that all could...
Sitting in a hospital bed or wheelchair, surrounded by beeping machines and new faces can be a bit jarring for both patient and parent. However, a special team at Blythedale Children’s Hospital has the unique responsibility of turning frowns upside down. They are the finders of fun. The laborers of...
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