Articles tagged with 'stroke and children' | Checkup Newsroom

In 2010, at just 16 years old, Adam Smith suffered a massive stroke. Through this difficult time, he found comfort in the many PrayerBears he received during his hospitalization at Cook Children’s. Now, 15 years later, Smith is back, this time as a …

Brighton Weeks needed surgery when he was just 2 weeks old to repair his rare and complex heart defects.For follow-up care, his family chose pediatric cardiologist Danielle Moyé, M.D. at Cook Children’s Heart Center in Prosper, close to their home …

What started as a normal day with a toddler’s temper tantrum turned into a month-long recovery from a severe stroke. Four-year-old CJ was known for temper tantrums and holding his breath when he was upset. But one morning while getting …