Patient Stories

"We cannot say enough about the staff – doctors, nurses, techs, the housekeeping staff, transport personnel. They all make the kids in the hospital feel special."

When a child calls the hospital “awesome” that is quite an endorsement. One year and countless hospital visits since he was ...

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“The staff at Children’s Hospital was phenomenal. To know we were treated this way, and that other families are treated the same, is a great comfort.”

Lori Hennessey of Jersey City kept vigil at the bedside of her 4-year-old daughter Alyssa, who lay in a coma in the Pediatric ...

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“We’re very happy that Alexa isn’t having so many seizures, and is getting the treatment she needs.”

Alexa Haberbush often stopped what she was doing and stared into space, seemingly lost in a daydream. But when mom Jamie ...

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“I’m glad it wasn’t worse, but it could have been. Thankfully, we trusted our instincts to take him to the hospital.”

Always better to be safe than sorry following head injury There’s a lot of truth to these classic nursery rhyme words. ...

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Because Hurricane Sandy was predicted to hit New Jersey later that afternoon and her pediatrician’s office was closed, Ana and her husband Angelo decided to take their son to Somerset Medical Center’s emergency department while her parents stayed at their Martinsville home to watch their toddler twin boys.

Ana Sciara knew instinctively that her four-year-old son Angelo had something more than a stomach virus. He had vomited a few ...

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RWJ Hamilton First Stop to Regional Hemophilia Program​

F our-year-old Blaise Kczarsewski likes SpongeBob, sea life, dinosaurs and red foods most children love. When the Hamilton child ...

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“There is never a bit of pain for her when she’s playing — she’s not afraid to slide, or run all out,” Barbara adds. “As parents, it’s very reassuring to know that we made the right choices. Going to Monmouth — I’m 100 percent confident that we made the right choice.”

For high school softball player Jillian Olsen, it was a routine sliding drill that turned out to be anything but routine. ...

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“It was one of those things that just happened, but all told, in light of the circumstances, this was a very positive experience."

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"I put them at the top of any hospital"

9-year old Savanna and her father talk about her stays at The Unterberg Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center. Savanna ...

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