A baby born at only 24 weeks was discharged from Franciscan Children’s in Brighton on Tuesday, the hospital said.

The baby, 10-month-old Eamonn, has “battled almost every possible issue a premature child could encounter’’ on his path to being released from the hospital’s care and joining his parents at home, a Franciscan Children’s release said.

Following his premature birth at a Beverly hospital on Sept. 1, Eamonn struggled with respiratory issues and went through treatment at Boston Children’s Hospital before arriving at the Franciscan Children’s Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation Unit in February, where he eventually learned to breathe on his own while focusing on pulmonary rehabilitation.

While Eamonn was finally ready to leave the hospital Tuesday, his path to making it back to his family’s home in Melrose has not been easy. Eamonn weighed only around 1 pound at birth, and early on at Boston Children’s he was intubated to help with respiratory difficulties. He also underwent a tracheotomy to surgically fit a tube into his trachea for air flow, as well as a procedure that removed a portion of his intestines, Franciscan associate chief medical officer Dr. Elisabeth Schainker said.

After arriving at Franciscan Children’s, Eamonn was kept on ventilator support 24 hours a day, eventually working with respiratory therapists to be able to breathe most of the time on his own. “He still uses it part of the day, but he doesn’t need it all the time,’’ Schainker said.

Throughout the past five months at Franciscan Children’s, Eamonn was comforted by his own books, stuffed animals, a crib made up with blankets from home, and around 50 caring medical workers that worked with Eamonn during his time there. “The staff is like family,’’ Franciscan Children’s spokeswoman Lauren Guess said. “Mom and dad have always talked about how much the staff cares.’’

“The parents are amazing people and have taken this all in stride,’’ Schainker said. “They are by his side most of the time and they love him very much.’’ The day finally came for hopeful conversations between the medical staff and Eamonn’s parents, and Schainker said it was recently decided that the “chubby little boy with a beautiful smile’’ was ready to head home. “They’re thrilled,’’ Guess said after Sean and Meghan took Eamonn home Tuesday.

“There was a crowd of people waving him goodbye and blowing bubbles,’’ Schainker said. “He seemed very happy to be leaving the hospital.’’

Eamonn will still be on ventilator support at his home and will require further care, but doctors are optimistic that he will be breathing on his own, off support systems, and just like any other child within a few years.

Ben Thompson can be reached at ben.thompson@globe.com