Doctors told Tommy Wraggs his son might not make it several times — and, at one point, he was asked to sign a 'do not resuscitate' order for his son. 'I refused,' Wraggs says. 'He fought his way through it. How? None of us understand. But he's here.'
After 640 days in the hospital, Kingston Vang-Wraggs was cleared to be discharged in June.A Wisconsin toddler has beaten the odds and is on the path home after spending most of his life in the hospital.
Tommy Wraggs holds his son Kingston on the day he was discharged from American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.Dr. Neil Paloian, one of Kingston's doctors and a pediatric nephrologist, saw Kingston that first night. Dr. Neil Paloian, a pediatric nephrologist, treated Kingston, who has a rare kidney disorder called congenital nephrotic syndrome.With congenital nephrotic syndrome, Paloian said "[the kidneys'] filter actually gets damaged and the kidney gets damaged, and we know that these children will end up going into kidney failure."
"I refused," Wraggs said. "The way I saw it is, if [Kingston's] willing to fight, I should be willing to fight and I'm his voice. He fought his way through it. How? None of us understand. But he's here." "He just had one complication after the next and he was in the hospital for so long," he added. "It's such a miracle that we were finally able to get him home."Throughout his nearly two-year hospital stay, Kingston was cared for by dozens of doctors, nurses and staff, some of whom were able to give him the biggest send-off parade on June 29, complete with bubbles, balloons and colorful posters, when he was well enough to be discharged.
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