Patient Stories

"I am glad I came here because I got to meet amazing staff and other girls with Type 1 Diabetes my age, which is something I really needed.”

Emma Soto-Ortega will never forget February 12, 2016. It was the day she received the life-changing news that she was diagnosed ...

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“Maybe others will think, ‘Wow, she’s really confident about that — I should be confident, too.’”

Everyone expects changes when puberty hits. But the changes Siena Branch of Marlboro experienced when she turned 12 seemed ...

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“I knew the program had everything I needed to take control of my diabetes again, and I knew that this time, I was ready.”

“I was so nervous when I first stepped into the hospital,” says Ariely Garcia. “I was so far away from home.” Ariely was just 16 ...

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I told my mom and my doctor that I wanted to come back to Children’s Specialized Hospital, said Ariely. I knew the program had everything I needed to take control of my diabetes again.

At 15 years old, Ariely Garcia was diagnosed with pre-diabetes after routine blood work showed high glucose levels in her ...

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"We are so grateful that Dr. Barrows was there when we needed him most."

On a Friday Afternoon, 9-year-old Rebecca Goodes is doing what any normal child should be doing – taking acrobat class! But it ...

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