Patient Stories

"I wouldn’t be where I am today if I hadn’t had hip replacement surgery."

When Arabella Dudzinski of Matawan was 12, she fell while playing “manhunt” with her next-door neighbor. When her parents took ...

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“He doesn't realize he's working hard during his visits, he just thinks he's having a lot of fun,”

Beginning with physical therapy, and later adding in occupational therapy, Jason – 6 years old – has been going to the Saint ...

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Nicole and CMC have not only gotten her speech on track, but they’ve given her the confidence to tackle anything that’s difficult in her life.

Thanks to Therapy, a young child is overcoming a speech disorder. Three years ago, Jennifer Hubiak became concerned when she ...

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“We told Grace to feel her feelings and then look for the bright spot, rise up and move forward,” added mom Aubrey. “By encouraging Grace to bounce to the bottom and then come back up, she was able to truly feel the hardship and then consciously turn it into a positive, regardless of the actual outcome.”

When Grace Eline was diagnosed with a brain tumor, teams at The Valerie Fund Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at ...

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"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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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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