A stroke turned his World Cup into a nightmare. A medical 'miracle' saved his life.
My grandson, Tristan, was born with 50% hearing loss in both ears. Still he attended school and played sports. Soccer being his favorite. After high school, he attended Gallaudet University for the Deaf and hearing impaired in Washington DC where he learned about the US Deaf National Soccer team. He tried out and made the team two years ago and has competed with them across the country and in Brazil in 2022. In 2023, his team was en route to Malaysia for the World Cup tournament when the stroke happened at a layover in Taiwan. Tristan was in the right place with the right people at the right time for his Miracle. God stepped in and saved his life with emergency brain surgery in the middle of the night on the other side of the world. Tristan is hearing impaired, in a foreign land and suffered a stroke. Scary stuff for a young man of 23.

All this has been an inspiration to our family and a reaffirmed belief that "God is Good" and He is still in control. Tristan is back home and had heart surgery in January to fill the hole in his heart that caused the clot that went to his brain that resulted in the stroke.
He is an amazing young man and has been cleared by his doctors to resume a full life, including competitive soccer. To God be the glory.....

An article was written in Yahoo Illustration by Henry Bushnell about this event. All teams traveling, especially internationally, should have trainers with the team. These trainers were credited in the article for saving Tristan's life.
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