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Claire's Story Patient Stories Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Tuberous Sclerosis A Rough Start A Rare Neurological Disorder At 5 weeks old, Claire started having seizures. After a visit with a local neurologist that included many …

Ashley's Story Patient Stories Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s HSV-1 A Serious Misdiagnosis Corrected at Phoenix Children’s Not Your Typical Sinus Infection While on vacation in Northern Utah, 12-year-old Ashley came down with a sinus …

Ellie's Story Patient Stories Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Brain Tumor Brain Tumor The Headaches Begin During the summer of 2012, Ellie, a healthy 10-year-old girl began complaining of mild headaches. Her mother was not concerned …

Makenzie's Story Patient Stories Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Traumatic Brain Injury Learning to Cope A Scary Diagnosis Just before Makenzie turned 7 years old, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. At first her parents, Terri and …

Tom's Story Patient Stories Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Brain Tumor Risky Surgery; Phenomenal Result Worse Than They Expected The volleyball sailed toward him, and though it was well within his reach, Tom couldn't keep it in the …

Zeta's Story Patient Stories Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s CHARGE Syndrome Complications Before Birth A Sad Day On the day the prenatal ultrasound showed the sex of their third child, Zeta's family also found out about some health …

Ethan's Story Patient Stories Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Bipolar Disorder Suicide is Never an Option Trouble at School Two years had passed, but Ethan didn't appear to be nervous about returning to the familiar grounds of …

Kaden's Story Patient Stories Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Epilepsy No Hope in Sight Kaden was first diagnosed at 3 years old with generalized epilepsy, which included myoclonic jerks, absence, drop and tonic-clonic seizures. He has …

Baylee's Story Patient Stories Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders The initial diagnosis was simple: MRSA Staph Infection. At first, all it seemed 10-month-old Baylee needed was oral antibiotics and she’d be as good as new. But when the antibiotics …

Brandon's Story Patient Stories Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Traumatic Brain Injury A Sudden, Freak Accident A Loud Crash There was no mistaking the crash. It came from the basement, followed by the frantic screams of 3-year-old …