Stone was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Children’s Hospital at Erlanger after a ruptured aneurysm in his brain caused two strokes. As doctors monitored him, they discovered he suffered a third stroke from vasospasms—contractions that narrow blood vessels—in his brain. When Stone didn’t respond well to the standard treatment for vasospasms, his family felt hopeless, but his team at Erlanger didn’t back down. They found a small study supporting the use of cardiac medication to treat vasospasms. Soon after trying it, Stone’s vasospasms stopped, and he began his road to recovery! Due to the brain damage, he lost nearly every independent function and had to stay on a ventilator until he could wake up on command. After a few weeks, his younger sister told Stone it was time to wake up—and he did! He came off the ventilator, and his team helped him speak his first words and slowly regain movement. Since day one in the PICU, the hospital staff rallied around Stone and his family. Today, Stone continues to make remarkable progress at a rehabilitation facility. In fact, professionals from children’s hospitals across the region call Stone’s circumstances a medical anomaly with a one-in-a-billion chance of survival.