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8-Year-Old Jaden Stallbories From Tennessee Selected as 2020 National Ambassador of Hydrocephalus Awareness for Incurable Brain Condition
January 7, 2020 by PHF Filed under Uncategorized
8-Year-Old Jaden Stallbories From Tennessee Selected as 2020 National Ambassador of Hydrocephalus Awareness for Incurable Brain Condition
Jaden was born January 21, 2011. Unfortunately, labor was difficult, and he endured some complications.
Jaden was diagnosed with Hydrocephalus in 2014 at 3 years old. He would get very sick, it seemed like he was vomiting almost every single night and sleeping most of the day. We were consistently being told that it was “just a virus” and that he was fine. June 30, 2014, Jaden went in for a brain MRI for his genetic testing workup, but we were not expecting anything to actually be wrong with his brain.
We got a call 2 days later from the neurology team, informing us that Jaden has Hydrocephalus and needed to have brain surgery as soon as possible. In August of 2014, he had his first shunt placed. Since then, Jaden has had 3 additional brain surgeries, and many more hospital stays.
Jaden’s most recent surgery was August of 2018, when he received his new shunt. We are keeping our fingers crossed that this one lasts much longer than the last, and hopefully we can stay out of the OR for a while!
Everybody that has met Jaden will tell you all about his sense of humor, and how he is such a sweet little boy. Throughout everything that he has endured, he still smiles and laughs. He has never let anything dim his light, and that is why he is our hero.
