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Rio Grande Valley teenager stands tall thanks to Driscoll

Rio Grande Valley teenager stands tall thanks to Driscoll

WESLACO — Fourteenyear-old Jeremiah Cardona from Weslaco is now able to stand tall thanks to Driscoll Children’s Hospital.Jeremiah was born with congenital scoliosis, which was causing a curvature in his back. He was having difficulty sleeping and it would hurt to lie down.“He was not a regular little kid. He would cry all the time. Everything hurt. He didn’t even know where the hurting came from. He just knew it hurt and it hurt everywhere,” said Sochic Contreras, Jeremiah’s mom.Congenital scoliosis was causing Jeremiah’s hips to be unaligned, and one leg was longer than the other. He would trip all ...

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