Patient Stories

At Nationwide Children's Hospital, we realize that emotional support is every bit as important as medical treatment. That’s why we want you to meet some of our families, who, like you, are dealing with the daily challenges of a child with a medical condition.

Just hours after she was born, Scout’s tiny lungs began to fail and she was rushed to the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and placed on total life support. As a national center for neonatal research and clinical care, Nationwide Children’s provided the care Scout needed to survive while providing her parents with the hope they needed to carry them through. Read this entire story.

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Nationwide Children's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit helped little Tiffany's lungs become fully functional. Read Tiffany's story.

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Born four months early, Tyler was so small he was just the size of a water bottle sitting in the palm of your hand, but his challenges were so big he was transferred to Nationwide Children's Hospital. Learn how he’s doing today.

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Rylan was born at 22 weeks, just 10 inches long, weighing in at just one pound. This is his journey.