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Personal Stories of Stroke in Children
  • Updated:Wed, 22 Dec 2010 3:36:00 PM

Young Survivors

brandon zimmermanBrandon Zimmerman, Infant Stroke Survivor  — Our baby’s stroke turned our lives upside down, but during the months of fear, tears and wondering, one thing remained constant. We loved our son “with arms wide open.”
  
Baby OliverOliver Michael, Infant Stroke Survivor — Strokes can happen to the very young, even infants. Oliver Michael suffered both an ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke within his first 24 hours of life.
  
Erik Dornbush

Erik Dornbush, Teenage Stroke Survivor — Less than a month before his thirteenth birthday, he'll never forget the day that changed his life forever.