Meet Sebastian – Perinatal Stroke
I remember that within the first 5 hours of Sebastian being born, I kept wondering, why wouldn’t he stop crying....
Pediatric Stroke Stories
Meet Katie – Stroke at 4 Months
Katie had an ischemic stroke at the age of four months which left her with right hemiparesis and unable to...
Meet Ayden – Stroke at age 13
Ayden was a healthy boy who had just turned 13 in September 2018. One month later, on October 15th Ayden...
Meet Solomon – Perinatal Stroke
“Hi.” I thought it’d be appropriate to start out our story with a typical Solly greeting: “hi.” It’s such a...
Meet Takondwa – Stroke at age 18 months
Takondwa’s story comes from Malawi. Takondwa was 18 months old when she had her stroke on December 18, 2019. It...
Meet Nazhai — Stroke at age 16
17-year-old Nazhai shares her experience of suffering a stroke at age 16 On the 6th of June, 2018 I was...
Meet Claudia — Stroke at age 8
On July 31, 2017, at 3:44 P.M. I got a phone call from our babysitter. “Jill, something is not right...
Meet Kailyn — Stroke at Age 18 months
Kailyn had a stroke when she was 1.5 years old. It was caused by a virus making a blood clot....
Meet Annamaria — Stroke at age 9
Translated from Italian My life after the stroke was at age 9, it was 1979. I remember everything as if...