Hocker, Karson

[left:2f864a7de4]http://www.cherubs-cdh.org/Album/new/hocker-karson.jpg[/left:2f864a7de4]My son Karson was born August 1, 1995 with CDH at South Bend, Indiana and was driven 4 hours south to Riley Children's Hospital Indianapolis, Indiana for ECMO treatment and complications. I would like a parent-to-parent match-up. Karson is now 8 months old, is off oxygen, had poor vision, developmental delays, low muscle tone, poor head control, unable to roll or sit up, had a brain bleed- right occipital love at 24 hours old, brain atrophy, closed head fontanels (soft spots are hard and fused together), new hernia developed, and undescended testes. Our son is a true joy, his smiles are infectious, his is always happy. He is our long awaited angel after 2 previous losses prior to Karson. The answer to our prayer for a miracle.

We have seen progress in the past 2 months with Karson. Seems all his therapy has helped. There is no local support group here and the success rate for ECMO in this part of the U.S. isn't very good overall.


Written by Karson's mom, Katherine Hocker (Indiana)
1996