Willow C.
Age: 6 Years | Center for Complex Craniofacial Disorders
Search results for "neurosurgery"
How Nationwide Children’s Hospital saved our daughter’s life.
I was 28 weeks pregnant when I went for a routine checkup with my OB. While at that appointment I was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia and sent over to Doctor’s Hospital for monitoring. After 7 hours of monitoring they let myself and my husband know that I would be admitted and staying in the hospital until […]
Read More
Monroe: Small But Mighty
20 weeks into the pregnancy we knew something was different. Monroe’s body was growing normally except for her head. She was born full term, Easter Sunday of 2015, but her head size was about 6 weeks behind. She seemed perfect to us and the doctors let us leave after 2 days…like normal. We immediately started […]
Read More
Matthew’s Journey
Matthew was only 11 months old when his Mom noticed his skull hadn’t formed completely around his left eye. Allowing a big crack from the corner of his eye to his temporal area of his head to be very soft. After a referral to Dr. Kosnik from his PCP, Matthew was quickly scheduled for surgery. […]
Read More
Louis Wood
The first thing you notice when you meet Louis is the sparkle in his eyes and the friendliness of his smile. It is really hard to believe the tragedy this young man has experienced. On September 5th, 2015, Louis, who was 15 at the time, was in a car accident so serious he was life-flighted […]
Read More
Gracelynn’s Story
Kelly’s 22-week ultra sound came with a whirlwind of emotions. There was absolute joy learning she would be having a baby girl. And there was true fear as Kelly and her husband, Brad, learned that little Gracelynn’s ventricles were larger than normal and that she may not survive. Later that week, a High Risk OBGYN […]
Read More
Battle On Baby Boy!
On August 5, 2015, I took Nathan to the pediatrician because he had slept for 16 out of 18 hours. He was so lethargic, I couldn’t wake him to eat. When we saw our pediatrician and she thought we were crazy until she measured his head size. She recommended I have my husband meet me […]
Read More
Mighty Mason
In January of 2014, Mason (3), was recovering from the stomach flu. It wasn’t until our efforts to treat dehydration symptoms were unsuccessful that we became concerned. A trip to his pediatrician lead to an EEG which landed us in the Neurology department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. At this time, Mason was diagnosed with Partial […]
Read More
Matt’s Story
It was just an ordinary day. Matt and his brother Nick were playing in the woods, like they always do. But this time, as they played, Nick accidentally speared Matt in the head with a stick. Matt began to experience a loss of feeling and use on the right side of his body. His family […]
Read More
Jack’s Story
We arrived at Nationwide after a horrendous 9 months fighting a MRSA infection from a baclofen pump revision in St. Louis. We came to Nationwide Children’s to be treated by Dr. Leonard, Chief of Neurosurgery, who was formerly Jack’s neurosurgeon prior to this last pump revision. Dr. Leonard saved Jack’s life, ultimately advising to remove […]
Read More