HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Born in September 2024, Cameron Casacci 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 told Nexstar's WIVB.

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

“It’s a really hard pill to swallow when you realize you have the sickest kid in the NICU,” Alyssa said. After boughts of needles and medications, Cam continued to fight. Then a neurosurgeon "recommended a very dras

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