Participant parking will be permitted in the large lot at the rear of RJHS and the west side of the school only. Participants of all sub-events will meet at the Russellville Junior High (RJHS), 2000 West Parkway Drive, Russellville, AR 72801. These sweet babies are definitely superheroes in my eyes for all they’ve had to go through!” Having two out of three of your children go through this is so hard on a parent's heart. His mom says, “We are very hopeful for a good prognosis after surgery.
He will have brain surgery in the near future to try and correct this awful diagnosis. He battles with seizures and intense pain. Kase has speech delays and has a hard time keeping food down. Chiari Malformations are not common in young pediatric patients that is what makes his diagnosis so tricky. His diagnosis is more severe, and he is still going through a lot of testing.
The cerebellum is the part of the brain that controls balance.Īs a newborn, Kase was diagnosed with “failure to thrive.” Kase has just recently been diagnosed with the same malformation as Landree. Chiari Malformations are structural defects where the lower part of your brain presses on and through an opening in the base of the skull and cerebellum into the spinal canal.