** PHF IN THE NEWS **
'National Ambassador' Tyler Side featured in the Spokesman-Review:
Tyler Side is a cheerful, social boy, who smiles often, but the 11-year-old's scars reveal a childhood studded with struggle.
Tyler has hydrocephalus, an incurable brain condition characterized by excessive cerebrospinal fluid in the brain's ventricles, which puts harmful pressure on the tissues of his brain. The scars are from the 16 life-saving surgeries the boy has endured due to the condition.
Now, the Colbert boy will use his story to help others with hydrocephalus. The Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation recently selected him as one of two 2016 national ambassadors for pediatric hydrocephalus awareness.
"I feel excited," he said. "I hope that the hydrocephalus foundation can find a cure for it."
Tyler will be featured in advertising campaigns and promotional materials heading into the eighth annual National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month in September. He and his family also will travel to Washington, D.C., for National Hydrocephalus Awareness Day on Capitol Hill in August.
Read More: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/mar/07/colbert-boy-raising-awareness-about-hydrocephalus/
'National Ambassador' Tyler Side featured in the Spokesman-Review:
Tyler Side is a cheerful, social boy, who smiles often, but the 11-year-old's scars reveal a childhood studded with struggle.
Tyler has hydrocephalus, an incurable brain condition characterized by excessive cerebrospinal fluid in the brain's ventricles, which puts harmful pressure on the tissues of his brain. The scars are from the 16 life-saving surgeries the boy has endured due to the condition.
Now, the Colbert boy will use his story to help others with hydrocephalus. The Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation recently selected him as one of two 2016 national ambassadors for pediatric hydrocephalus awareness.
"I feel excited," he said. "I hope that the hydrocephalus foundation can find a cure for it."
Tyler will be featured in advertising campaigns and promotional materials heading into the eighth annual National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month in September. He and his family also will travel to Washington, D.C., for National Hydrocephalus Awareness Day on Capitol Hill in August.
Read More: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/mar/07/colbert-boy-raising-awareness-about-hydrocephalus/
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