CLAYTON LADD
Clayton Ladd’s Story
Clayton was diagnosed with stage four high-risk Neuroblastoma at age 3. At birth, it was found that his left kidney never properly developed and was non-functioning. His right kidney suffered with another obstruction and only functioned at 1/3 capacity. So at 10 days old, they did a surgery to correct the obstruction. His recovery went horribly wrong and he spent two months in the NICUS at UAB and USACW. After six months, Clayton began to develop severe scoliosis, and could only receive treatment for that after a few years.
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Clayton’s Treatments Today
Clayton has continued maintenance treatment for cancer, routine kidney procedures for blockages, and because his scoliosis/kyphosis creates a second curve after his first halo traction and surgery, he had to do a second one this year.