1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, Welcome to Story Behind Podcast. This is the 2 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: show for people who love hearing a good story and 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: who believe the world could use more positivity. We're the 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: team behind God Updates and God Too, and we hope 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day. 6 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 2: Baby who was born twice after miracle surgery is about 7 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,319 Speaker 2: to celebrate his first birthday. Written by Mikhaela Gourdoni, read 8 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 2: by Julie Provost. Miracle baby born twice is about to 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 2: celebrate his first birthday. Little Casin Jobert's life is a 10 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 2: true wonder. He had a rare chance of survival before 11 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 2: his final birth, and his parents are so glad he's here. 12 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 2: Weeks into Cayson's mom's pregnancy with him, Kayersha and her 13 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 2: husband Greg learned that he had a rare anomaly called 14 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 2: congenital high airway obstruction syndrome, which affects his lungs and 15 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 2: blocks his airways. Most children with the diagnosis passed away 16 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 2: before birth. When he was first diagnosed, we did what 17 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,759 Speaker 2: every parent would do, cry and pray, his mom said. 18 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 2: The scientific leinture on Chaos was bleak, devastatingly fatal, they said, 19 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 2: but there were a few survivors. It offered a glimmer 20 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 2: of hope, but still we mentally prepared ourselves for the 21 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: worst Carriesh's doctor attempted an Ennardo surgery to pierce the 22 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 2: blockage with a laser scope, but the attempt failed. However, 23 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 2: he didn't give up on Kasin. He proposed a new 24 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 2: procedure where Kaysin would be partially delivered by c section 25 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 2: at twenty five weeks. While his head and neck were 26 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 2: kept outside his mom's abdomen, the rest of his body 27 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 2: stayed inside connected to her placenta. The doctor was able 28 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: to place a catheter inside his neck, which allowed the 29 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,119 Speaker 2: transfer of fluid out of his lungs, where it stayed 30 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 2: until his final birth. Kayshu said, the surgeons took pictures 31 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 2: of Casin and it was beautifully profound to see the 32 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 2: baby it was carrying. My son was partially born into 33 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 2: the world and felt air on his face. They returned 34 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 2: into my womb and I remained in the hospital of 35 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: the remainder of my pregnancy. Six weeks later, Kaysha's water 36 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 2: broke and Jason was delivered via c section and had 37 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 2: a tracheotomy procedure while still attached to the placenta. From there, 38 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 2: he stayed in the niqiu for his first four months 39 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 2: of life before heading home. The parents will celebrate his 40 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,839 Speaker 2: first birthday when he has a successful surgery, and of course, 41 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 2: his second birthday when he completely came out of the womb. 42 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 2: When that comes around, Cayson still uses a ventilator and 43 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 2: feeding tube and will require two more surgeries. Despite that, 44 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 2: he is a happy baby and his life is a miracle. 45 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 2: His parents are very grateful to his doctor and staff 46 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 2: who have helped him thrive. It's incredible that Case's life 47 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 2: was saved before his final birth. Hopefully, other babies who 48 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 2: are diagnosed with chaos can also be saved through the 49 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 2: same innovative surgery. Eighty five year old man receives his 50 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 2: doctorate degree. It's never too Late written by Michaygardonni and 51 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 2: read by Julie Provost. Tennessee State University had a very 52 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 2: special grat this. The college had the honor of having 53 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 2: an eighty five year old receive a doctorate degree. The 54 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 2: proud octagenarian, Charles Whitman Dabs, proved that it's number too 55 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 2: late to follow your dreams. The Los Angeles native dreamed 56 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 2: of going to college and getting her good job. But 57 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 2: when he graduated from high school in nineteen fifty eight, 58 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,519 Speaker 2: he found that there were no jobs for black boys, 59 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 2: so he enlisted in the Navy at age seventeen. He 60 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 2: started out as a hospital corpsman and served in federal 61 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 2: roles for the next fifty years. Eventually here into bachelor's 62 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 2: and two master's degrees from UCLA while working full time. 63 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 2: If those weren't enough accomplishments, doctor Dabs is now flaunting 64 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 2: a doctorate at a five. He's now one of the 65 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 2: oldest doctoral graduates in TSU's history. The young people at 66 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 2: this school have been so nice to me and so 67 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 2: helpful in terms of the technology and where to go 68 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 2: when I need something, Charles said. He hopes to get 69 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: a job as soon as he can at a historically 70 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 2: back college or university HBCU. He wants to teach sociology 71 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 2: and mentor young people. Another accomplishment he made this year 72 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 2: is sixty three years of marriage. He's also a father 73 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 2: of two and has five grandchildren. It's never too late. 74 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 2: It's never too late. I've always tried to motivate people. Remarkably, 75 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 2: another older person also got a degree in the same ceremony. 76 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 2: Delilah Rhodes and her children, Eric, Lee and Gabrielli all 77 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 2: got graduate degrees in the same ceremony at TSU this year. 78 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 2: It's wonderful that Charles would hold fast to his dreams 79 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 2: like this. 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