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Jan 16, 2017

The Unexpected Journey

My journey started on January 16th of 2017. I was off school for Martin Luther King Day, and was out for a normal mountain bike shred...

Surgeries • My Journey

Jan 22, 2017

Cracken open the skull – Surgery #1

I had brain surgery to remove the tumor on January 23, 2017. The surgery took about 2 hours and the best news we received, was the tumor...

My Journey • Complications

Jan 23, 2017

What happened after brain surgery?

I spent five days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) following my tumor resection. Not all went perfect after surgery and when I...

My Journey • Rehab

Jan 24, 2017

Learning to do things all over

My initial physical therapy session goal was 5 steps at a time walking from my bed, to a wheel chair or wheel chair to the toilet. I...

My Journey

Jan 28, 2017

Woo whoo… got to go home

I was released from the hospital on January 28th. For the next couple of days, I chilled on the couch, slept a lot – sleeping is the best...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Feb 01, 2017

Back to Choc for the second time

I was readmitted to the hospital February 2. Upon admission to the hospital I had a MRI, and it showed my ventricles in my brain were...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Feb 02, 2017

Not just a ventricle issue… battling three issues now…

Upon sampling the CSF it was discovered I acquired bacterial meningitis during the initial surgery. What that meant, is I had an...

Surgeries • My Journey • Complications

Feb 02, 2017

Fighting the infection in my brain

Enter a new department to help with my case – Infectious Disease (ID). Dr. Arrieta is the president of the medical staff and division...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Feb 03, 2017

Pressure relief – Surgery #2

The only way to relieve the pressure and test to see what was going on was to put in an External Ventricular Drain (EVD) in my skull....

Surgeries • My Journey

Feb 14, 2017

Cleared for Surgery #3

In order to be cleared for surgery to fix my ICP issue, I had to be infection free. To be cleared, Infectious Disease had to pull 3 CSF...

Surgeries • My Journey • Complications

Feb 14, 2017

Surgery number #3

Your body produces CSF continuously to protect your brain. As you produce more, your ICP goes up. As your brain excretes/eliminates it,...

My Journey • Surgeries

Feb 20, 2017

Normal for the most part… for a few weeks at least…

For the next few weeks, I started MY normal routine. Each day I got IV antibiotics every 8 hours – 6am, 2pm and 10pm. But, one thing...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Mar 02, 2017

Back to the Hospital but with some different issues

In addition to not feeling good for a few days, on March 2, I had some pain on my right side, and when I went pee, there was some blood in...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Mar 03, 2017

Kidney Issue – Surgery #4

On March 3, I had a 2 hour kidney surgery at Choc – by Dr Wehbi, one of the best pediatric urologist in the world – to remove...

My Journey • Surgeries

Mar 04, 2017

Another Brain Surgery – #5

March 4th was a bad day where I was really sick and I got to a point that my ICPs were so high, that I began to reach a critical level from...

My Journey • Surgeries

Mar 16, 2017

Surgery #6 – EVD Redo

When you have an EVD or any type of device to help your body function for a while you sometimes need to have it changed so you don’t...

My Journey • Surgeries

Mar 20, 2017

Surgery #7 – Shunt

The surgery to insert the Shunt was performed on March 20. The good thing about the Shunt surgery, is that I only needed to stay a day or...

My Journey

Mar 22, 2017

At home – again after 20 days in PICU

I was released from the hospital on March 22. I had to go home with a PIC line in my arm so I could get IV antibiotics through May 1. ...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Apr 14, 2017

Lack of Sun and Vitamin D not good – Surgery #8

On April 14 – not so Good Friday – I was supposed to have an easy surgery to remove the balance of the kidney stones and the stent...

My Journey • Surgeries

May 01, 2017

Tube Free! – Surgery #9

On May 1, I had outpatient surgery to remove the stent, the catheter and PIC line. This actually was the first procedure I had that...

My Journey • Surgeries

May 31, 2017

Gamma Knife – remove some left over tumor – Surgery #10

I had outpatient surgery/treatment on May 31 at San Antonio Hospital to treat some residual tumor tissue that was not removed from the...

My Journey • Rehab

Jun 01, 2017

Rest, PT and trying to just be a kid

Following Gamma Knife, my focus was on rest, PT and healing so I could be ready to start school in August. I went to PT 4 days a week,...

Surgeries • My Journey

Oct 09, 2017

Checking ICPs – Surgery #11

Since I started back at school in August, each day I woke up with a stomach ache. It progressively got worse to the point in which I had...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Nov 27, 2017

Uncrossing the eyes almost – Surgery #12

For the last year, I have had double vision left to right and up and down. This is due to 6th nerve palsy – my 6th cranial nerve is...

My Journey • Complications • Rehab

Feb 01, 2018

No, I am not a Pirate – why the eye patch?

In addition to the right side deficits, the surgery also affected my vision – right eye specifically. After surgery, I experienced...

My Journey • Complications • Rehab

Feb 01, 2018

Why do I walk funny or stumble some times?

As expected, I did experience some deficits (balance and coordination issues) as the result of the initial tumor surgery. Primarily, my...

My Journey • Surgeries

Feb 02, 2018

Opening up the skull again – Surgery #13

So for the last year, I haven’t felt real good consistently. Most mornings I wake up with nausea, my vision even though I’ve...

My Journey • Rehab

Feb 03, 2018

What’s a typical day

There really aren’t typical days. My hope for every day, is when I wake up, I feel good. For the most part of the last year, I woke up...

My Journey

Mar 22, 2018

CLEARED… No restrictions… Let’s go crazy!!!!

March 12 was a great day. At my appointment with my neuro surgeon, I finally got my release note from Dr. Loudon to return to normal...

My Journey

May 24, 2018

Faith based activities and honored to be recognized.

I had three big things happen recently that where exciting experiences and humbling as well. I recieved my First Communion and was...

My Journey

May 24, 2018

Thankfully, things are moving along….

For the most part, I am feeling pretty good physically. I haven’t had any stomach issues or anything else other that a sinus infection...

My Journey

Jul 10, 2018

Inside Edition – Returning to Football

...

My Journey

Jul 10, 2018

ABC 7 Orange County – Return to Football

...

My Journey

Sep 07, 2018

My senior year has begun!

It’s been a long road to get here and I am glad I made it. A lot goes on for your senior year, and I am ready to get going. As I’ve...

My Journey

Sep 07, 2018

SoCal Prep Zone – Building Character

...

My Journey

Dec 26, 2018

Great Season, great year… now time to prep for College!

I am so grateful to have had an amazing Senior year so far, and a great football season as well. There are many doubters, but more...

My Journey

Dec 26, 2018

I Love a Parade, Thanksgiving, and Search for a College…

To kick off Christmas, I had the opportunity to represent the Make a Wish foundation, and grand marshal the San Clemente Christmas Parade...

My Journey

Apr 17, 2019

Set for my next chapter… almost…

I have decided on St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin where I will study Physics and Math, and have an opportunity to play football...

My Journey

Jul 01, 2019

KTLA Channel 5 News Story

...

My Journey

Jul 01, 2019

Spectrum 1 News Story

...

My Journey

Jul 01, 2019

Proud to receive the Jim Valentine Courage Award from the OCYSF

...

My Journey

Nov 06, 2019

College is hard

I am not going to lie, college is hard and St Norbert College in De Pere, WI is 2131 miles from home. I also have to remember, that my...

My Journey

Jan 28, 2020

Half Smiles are Cool™ for a little while… Surgery #14

A little background about my face… One of the things that happened after my cyst fenestration surgery in January of 2018 was...

My Journey

Jun 15, 2020

Lock down can’t keep me down… got things to do!

It has been a couple months since I came home from St Norbert College due to COVID-19. As students, we originally were going to take two...

My Journey

Dec 01, 2020

Not Everything Goes as Planned, or as You Hoped

First, I’ll start out with letting you know I am feeling pretty good and have not had any major health issues recently. I had my annual...

My Journey

Jan 05, 2021

Working on the Face – #halfsmilesarecool for even a little while longer – Surgery #15

On December 16th, I had my second facial nerve reconstruction surgery. Dr Azizida and...

My Journey

May 26, 2021

Let’s Talk Brain Tumors

...

My Journey

Jun 24, 2021

Make a Wish Foundation, Wish Granted

...

My Journey

Jul 30, 2022

Symmetry and Smiles – The process is slow

Here’s an update showing the progress with my smile post facial nerve reconstruction. It’s taken many hours in the mirror at...

My Journey

Jan 04, 2023

What I’ve Been Up To

Hey, Zach here, it’s been a little bit since I updated the website. This year has been quite the unexpected year for me. In the last...

My Journey

Jan 24, 2023

Golf Balls Seem to be a Recurring Theme = Surgery 17

Well, this was bound to happen, my 17th surgery. You might ask yourself, “how did Zach get to surgery 17 without 16?” The answer is, I...

My Journey

Jan 24, 2023

Golf Balls Seem to be a Recurring Theme = Surgery 17

Well, this was bound to happen, my 17th surgery. You might ask yourself, “how did Zach get to surgery 17 without 16?” The answer is, I...

My Journey

Jan 04, 2023

What I’ve Been Up To

Hey, Zach here, it’s been a little bit since I updated the website. This year has been quite the unexpected year for me. In the last...

My Journey

Jul 30, 2022

Symmetry and Smiles – The process is slow

Here’s an update showing the progress with my smile post facial nerve reconstruction. It’s taken many hours in the mirror at...

My Journey

Jun 24, 2021

Make a Wish Foundation, Wish Granted

...

My Journey

May 26, 2021

Let’s Talk Brain Tumors

...

My Journey

Jan 05, 2021

Working on the Face – #halfsmilesarecool for even a little while longer – Surgery #15

On December 16th, I had my second facial nerve reconstruction surgery. Dr Azizida and...

My Journey

Dec 01, 2020

Not Everything Goes as Planned, or as You Hoped

First, I’ll start out with letting you know I am feeling pretty good and have not had any major health issues recently. I had my annual...

My Journey

Jun 15, 2020

Lock down can’t keep me down… got things to do!

It has been a couple months since I came home from St Norbert College due to COVID-19. As students, we originally were going to take two...

My Journey

Jan 28, 2020

Half Smiles are Cool™ for a little while… Surgery #14

A little background about my face… One of the things that happened after my cyst fenestration surgery in January of 2018 was...

My Journey

Nov 06, 2019

College is hard

I am not going to lie, college is hard and St Norbert College in De Pere, WI is 2131 miles from home. I also have to remember, that my...

My Journey

Jul 01, 2019

Proud to receive the Jim Valentine Courage Award from the OCYSF

...

My Journey

Jul 01, 2019

Spectrum 1 News Story

...

My Journey

Jul 01, 2019

KTLA Channel 5 News Story

...

My Journey

Apr 17, 2019

Set for my next chapter… almost…

I have decided on St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin where I will study Physics and Math, and have an opportunity to play football...

My Journey

Dec 26, 2018

I Love a Parade, Thanksgiving, and Search for a College…

To kick off Christmas, I had the opportunity to represent the Make a Wish foundation, and grand marshal the San Clemente Christmas Parade...

My Journey

Dec 26, 2018

Great Season, great year… now time to prep for College!

I am so grateful to have had an amazing Senior year so far, and a great football season as well. There are many doubters, but more...

My Journey

Sep 07, 2018

SoCal Prep Zone – Building Character

...

My Journey

Sep 07, 2018

My senior year has begun!

It’s been a long road to get here and I am glad I made it. A lot goes on for your senior year, and I am ready to get going. As I’ve...

My Journey

Jul 10, 2018

ABC 7 Orange County – Return to Football

...

My Journey

Jul 10, 2018

Inside Edition – Returning to Football

...

My Journey

May 24, 2018

Thankfully, things are moving along….

For the most part, I am feeling pretty good physically. I haven’t had any stomach issues or anything else other that a sinus infection...

My Journey

May 24, 2018

Faith based activities and honored to be recognized.

I had three big things happen recently that where exciting experiences and humbling as well. I recieved my First Communion and was...

My Journey

Mar 22, 2018

CLEARED… No restrictions… Let’s go crazy!!!!

March 12 was a great day. At my appointment with my neuro surgeon, I finally got my release note from Dr. Loudon to return to normal...

My Journey • Rehab

Feb 03, 2018

What’s a typical day

There really aren’t typical days. My hope for every day, is when I wake up, I feel good. For the most part of the last year, I woke up...

My Journey • Surgeries

Feb 02, 2018

Opening up the skull again – Surgery #13

So for the last year, I haven’t felt real good consistently. Most mornings I wake up with nausea, my vision even though I’ve...

My Journey • Complications • Rehab

Feb 01, 2018

Why do I walk funny or stumble some times?

As expected, I did experience some deficits (balance and coordination issues) as the result of the initial tumor surgery. Primarily, my...

My Journey • Complications • Rehab

Feb 01, 2018

No, I am not a Pirate – why the eye patch?

In addition to the right side deficits, the surgery also affected my vision – right eye specifically. After surgery, I experienced...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Nov 27, 2017

Uncrossing the eyes almost – Surgery #12

For the last year, I have had double vision left to right and up and down. This is due to 6th nerve palsy – my 6th cranial nerve is...

Surgeries • My Journey

Oct 09, 2017

Checking ICPs – Surgery #11

Since I started back at school in August, each day I woke up with a stomach ache. It progressively got worse to the point in which I had...

My Journey • Rehab

Jun 01, 2017

Rest, PT and trying to just be a kid

Following Gamma Knife, my focus was on rest, PT and healing so I could be ready to start school in August. I went to PT 4 days a week,...

My Journey • Surgeries

May 31, 2017

Gamma Knife – remove some left over tumor – Surgery #10

I had outpatient surgery/treatment on May 31 at San Antonio Hospital to treat some residual tumor tissue that was not removed from the...

My Journey • Surgeries

May 01, 2017

Tube Free! – Surgery #9

On May 1, I had outpatient surgery to remove the stent, the catheter and PIC line. This actually was the first procedure I had that...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Apr 14, 2017

Lack of Sun and Vitamin D not good – Surgery #8

On April 14 – not so Good Friday – I was supposed to have an easy surgery to remove the balance of the kidney stones and the stent...

My Journey

Mar 22, 2017

At home – again after 20 days in PICU

I was released from the hospital on March 22. I had to go home with a PIC line in my arm so I could get IV antibiotics through May 1. ...

My Journey • Surgeries

Mar 20, 2017

Surgery #7 – Shunt

The surgery to insert the Shunt was performed on March 20. The good thing about the Shunt surgery, is that I only needed to stay a day or...

My Journey • Surgeries

Mar 16, 2017

Surgery #6 – EVD Redo

When you have an EVD or any type of device to help your body function for a while you sometimes need to have it changed so you don’t...

My Journey • Surgeries

Mar 04, 2017

Another Brain Surgery – #5

March 4th was a bad day where I was really sick and I got to a point that my ICPs were so high, that I began to reach a critical level from...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Mar 03, 2017

Kidney Issue – Surgery #4

On March 3, I had a 2 hour kidney surgery at Choc – by Dr Wehbi, one of the best pediatric urologist in the world – to remove...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Mar 02, 2017

Back to the Hospital but with some different issues

In addition to not feeling good for a few days, on March 2, I had some pain on my right side, and when I went pee, there was some blood in...

My Journey • Surgeries

Feb 20, 2017

Normal for the most part… for a few weeks at least…

For the next few weeks, I started MY normal routine. Each day I got IV antibiotics every 8 hours – 6am, 2pm and 10pm. But, one thing...

Surgeries • My Journey • Complications

Feb 14, 2017

Surgery number #3

Your body produces CSF continuously to protect your brain. As you produce more, your ICP goes up. As your brain excretes/eliminates it,...

Surgeries • My Journey

Feb 14, 2017

Cleared for Surgery #3

In order to be cleared for surgery to fix my ICP issue, I had to be infection free. To be cleared, Infectious Disease had to pull 3 CSF...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Feb 03, 2017

Pressure relief – Surgery #2

The only way to relieve the pressure and test to see what was going on was to put in an External Ventricular Drain (EVD) in my skull....

Surgeries • My Journey • Complications

Feb 02, 2017

Fighting the infection in my brain

Enter a new department to help with my case – Infectious Disease (ID). Dr. Arrieta is the president of the medical staff and division...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Feb 02, 2017

Not just a ventricle issue… battling three issues now…

Upon sampling the CSF it was discovered I acquired bacterial meningitis during the initial surgery. What that meant, is I had an...

My Journey • Surgeries • Complications

Feb 01, 2017

Back to Choc for the second time

I was readmitted to the hospital February 2. Upon admission to the hospital I had a MRI, and it showed my ventricles in my brain were...

My Journey

Jan 28, 2017

Woo whoo… got to go home

I was released from the hospital on January 28th. For the next couple of days, I chilled on the couch, slept a lot – sleeping is the best...

My Journey • Rehab

Jan 24, 2017

Learning to do things all over

My initial physical therapy session goal was 5 steps at a time walking from my bed, to a wheel chair or wheel chair to the toilet. I...

My Journey • Complications

Jan 23, 2017

What happened after brain surgery?

I spent five days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) following my tumor resection. Not all went perfect after surgery and when I...

Surgeries • My Journey

Jan 22, 2017

Cracken open the skull – Surgery #1

I had brain surgery to remove the tumor on January 23, 2017. The surgery took about 2 hours and the best news we received, was the tumor...

My Journey

Jan 16, 2017

The Unexpected Journey

My journey started on January 16th of 2017. I was off school for Martin Luther King Day, and was out for a normal mountain bike shred...

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