Overview

• Witten Daniel, 6, was initially told he had the flu before rapidly losing the ability to walk, talk, and breathe on his own.
• His mother, Casey Daniel, contacted neurosurgeon Dr. Jacques Morcos after finding his work online, prompting a transfer to UTHealth Houston.
• Doctors there diagnosed a cavernous malformation in the brainstem that had been bleeding, a lesion known to cause seizures and strokes.
• Dr. Morcos and pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Manish Shah performed a roughly four-hour emergency operation that clinicians report succeeded.
• Six weeks later, Witten returned home to Lubbock, marked his seventh birthday, started second grade, and was cleared to resume baseball.