My son, Jared was born on June 21, 1989. He was a healthy, sweet child. He had many friends and was a very kind and thoughtful person. On July 11, 2001, at age 12, Jared was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. He had a successful surgery to remove part of the tumor and the remaining tumor was monitored by MRI every 6 months. On March 16, 2015 he needed a second brain surgery. Again everything appeared successful. There was a visit 6 weeks after the surgery.This was the last time Jared spent time with his family.
Jared suffered a massive stroke to his brain stem on April 15, 2015. At the time of the stroke, Jared was a 25 year old doctoral student of Psychology in Chicago. The stroke was caused by an accumulation of fluid in the brain, a condition called hydrocephalus. He never regained awareness and was in a vegetative state for 3 years until his death on February 12, 2018. We tried unsuccessfully to bring Jared back and we are devastated by the three year journey and the loss of our son. Our suffering never ends.
My son Steve
Feeling sad 
It's like it didn't happen!
