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Aiden was born in February 2004 with a large birthmark on his face and scalp. The
doctors called it a port wine stain and warned that Aiden might have glaucoma as the
birthmark was also in his right eye. When he was just 2 months old he had his first eye
surgery.
At three months Aiden had his first seizure and soon after was diagnosed with a rare
neurological brain disorder called Sturge-Weber syndrome. When multiple anti-seizure
medications failed to control his seizures, his doctors recommended a brain surgery
called hemispherectomy. On August 21, 2008 Aiden, just 4 years old, underwent 11
hours of surgery to remove the right half of his brain.
Aiden has been seizure free since that operation. He has learned to:
walk independently