{"id":44239,"date":"2025-02-07T20:29:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T20:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=44239"},"modified":"2025-02-07T20:29:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T20:29:34","slug":"teen-who-wasnt-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=44239","title":{"rendered":"Teen who wasn\u2019t expected >>>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When Braden West was born, doctors told his parents that he would not survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The little boy had all odds against him \u2013 but his life-threatening condition would lead to one miracle after another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Braden is 22 and celebrates his life by becoming a firefighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Braden West was born with the rare craniofacial condition, Pfeiffer syndrome Type 2, which causes malformations of the skull and an underdeveloped brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His mom Cheri understood something was wrong and was told about her son\u2019s condition two weeks before he was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI mean, he\u2019s kicking in my belly and I\u2019m praying for God to take him home,\u201d Cheri told News Nation Now in 2020, adding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It looked like he was not going to have the back of his head. It looked like he was going to be born with teeth. It looked like it was a bad situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when Braden was born, Cheri immediately bonded with her special boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facebook \/ Michele Eddings Linn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, Cheri also felt that there wasn\u2019t much she could do to save her baby boy. Many of the children with Braden\u2019s condition will not live past birth. In Braden\u2019s case, he wasn\u2019t expected to live beyond 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI said dear God please, just let me have him for a little while,\u201d said Cheri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a picture of him when he was born and it shows his skull very well, a distinct clover shape,\u201d Cheri told\u00a0The Owensboro Times<\/a>, adding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt a month old they let us bring him home. He was not thriving, they knew he was not going to make it. We brought him home to meet everyone so he wouldn\u2019t die in a hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facebook \/ Michele Eddings Linn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But since his birth, Braden has been defying all the odds. With the support of his loving family, the little boy started to show signs of progression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe had over 30 surgeries, got a tracheotomy at just 3 months old, and once had a procedure done with a 10% survival rate,\u201d Cheri said. \u201cWe had to sign the DNR papers, say our goodbyes and everything. Instead of bad news, the doctors came out and said he was okay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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