Child Stroke
Child Stroke
Stroke in young children is more common than most people realize.
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" What's your name for him tonight. I -- Bradford is acute five year old with a bubbly personality. She likes to draw and saying."
" OK. Okay."
" Her parents brought -- to the hospital on June 2 after what started as a tummy -- suddenly got a lot worse. They didn't know what was wrong with -- idea as the caller until doctors gave her an MRI."
" That's my -- the size and it's not that there aren't right you right now. Yes. I can't tell you. How hard it went to -- the pitch and."
" Brain healthful and it was and how different it looked from a normal brain she suffered other complications with their heart gallbladder pancreas and seeing."
" I hear you. --"
" Oh yeah yeah now doctors are working on the effect of the stroke. He has a tough time talking and using her left arm and play stroked the news and kids and want more common people think. So comment cook children's now has a stroke clinic did it like your idea of the special attention they need."
" this -- happen to kids it could be your kid you know I mean you never Alex."
" Except that you ever expect when you look at her and she smiles all the time and she's happy and through the."
" But the person she hasn't -- will recover from the stroke."
" each of watching her there he had how well he's -- it's amazing still it could be weeks before she goes back home."
" She could have life long challenges."
" I try to -- crying spells for -- does something great so like today when she -- her arm. I cried a corporate. -- told myself that I have nothing to be that about. Nothing --"
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