{"id":70716,"date":"2025-08-05T11:21:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70716"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:22:00","slug":"against-all-odds-teen-given","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70716","title":{"rendered":"Against All Odds: Teen Given\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-164-574x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-164-574x1024.png 574w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-164-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-164.png 717w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When Braden West was born with Pfeiffer syndrome Type 2, doctors told his parents he wouldn\u2019t survive. The rare condition causes skull malformations and brain underdevelopment, and they were warned he wouldn\u2019t live past 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braden\u2019s mother, Cheri, learned of his diagnosis just two weeks before his birth. Despite the heartbreak, she felt an instant bond the moment he arrived. \u201cI was praying for God to take him, and then I fell in love the second I saw him,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sent home at just a month old with little hope, Braden defied the odds. Over the years, he endured more than 30 surgeries and survived a procedure with only a 10% chance of success. His strength and faith carried him through, supported by his family and a devoted nurse, Michele Eddings Linn, who once believed she was watching him die\u2014and later took his senior photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braden\u2019s high school graduation was a milestone no one expected. His family celebrated with a helicopter ride to a live concert by his favorite artist, and Braden called the day \u201cperfect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now 22, Braden serves in the Civil Air Patrol and is a volunteer firefighter in Owensboro, Kentucky. His mom says his journey is proof that \u201cno matter how hard the mountain is to climb, keep climbing. The view at the top is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70691\">also read&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Braden West was born with Pfeiffer syndrome Type 2, doctors told his parents he wouldn\u2019t survive. The rare condition causes skull malformations and brain underdevelopment, and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70718,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70716\/revisions\/70718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}