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9-year-old headed for major surgery

Nine-year-old Jacob Sogge of New Rockford was recently diagnosed with a Type 2 Chiari malformation. His father, Wayne Sogge, says the condition is a growth or protrusion from the cerebellum down to the top part of his neck. Although it is a condition that he has likely had since birth, the growth has gotten longer and wider and is cutting off the fluid to his brain. This is causing both balance an...

 
 
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