Patient Stories

"We learned that people in crisis situations — and those who work in them, like the NICU doctors and nurses — are some of the most incredible people in the world."

Our son was born in September of 2023 — he was three months premature and weighed just over one pound. We spent a total of five ...

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“I’m so thankful for them,” says Yvette. “Without them, there would be no Bryce.”

An innovative surgery allows a child with a life-threatening disorder to breathe on his own. Yvette Barnett-Somers of Essex ...

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“All NICU graduates deserve the superhero treatment because they are the bravest and strongest little souls.”

After a near-perfect first two trimesters of my pregnancy, I began experiencing bleeding at 24 weeks. There were no red flags or ...

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"We always felt cared for and supported. We couldn’t be more grateful for the care we received."

We were surprisingly sent to the Perinatal Evaluation and Treatment (PET) Unit on the Maternity Floor at Cooperman Barnabas ...

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There are no words to describe what this gift means to me. To us. To our whole family.

Dear Gladys and the NICU Team, What a gift you and the extraordinary team at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center’s Shyan Sun, MD ...

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"Every interaction made me feel like Quinn was getting the best care possible, and for that I am forever appreciative."

While my story does not have much in common with families’ of babies who have long-stay Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) ...

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“I have to commend the staff at the medical center. We were treated with the utmost respect and competence.”

Francesca Marie Cwynar, shares the wonderful experience she had while giving birth and being cared for at Cooperman Barnabas ...

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I think the best thing I did for Shiloh while she was in the hospital was to choose faith over fear and always try to remember that there was light further down at the end of the tunnel!

“It was just last July when my pregnancy was moving along normally. I had an anatomy scan that looked good. I shared with the ...

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I am also grateful to all the CBMC staff. I am grateful to the doctors who sat on my bed and let me cry because I was separated from my newborn baby. Thank you to the L&D nurses that asked how the baby was every time I came back to my hospital room.

My pregnancy was going great…until it wasn’t. Just that quickly, what was a normal experience turned into a medical drama. I ...

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