HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Western New York couple are beside themselves after their 10-month-old child's life-saving brain surgery was denied by their insurance company. Now, they're pleading for help as they hold out hope the decision will be reversed.

Born in September 2024, Cameron Casaacci is the child that Alyssa and Brad Casacci always wanted. But within hours of Cam's birth, their world was turned upside down.

"They did an MRI on this 1-day-old baby and kind of confirmed the worst: He had a very large stroke on the left side of his brain. [Additional] seizure activity was secondary to that injury," Alyssa said.

The family was then transferred to Oishei Children's Hospital in Buffalo, where they spent the next 19 days holding out hope for a miracle to save their baby boy.

"It's a

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