Lisa was 36 weeks pregnant when she found out her unborn child had a heart condition. She had to because the surgeon told her not to search for it.
Doctors told her to allow Brady to live a normal life, which included digging up worms, wrestling with his brother and having fun. Brady was in the stands at the Men's College World Series eating snow cones and learning a chant.
Brady is a baseball enthusiast.
The family's love of the Razorbacks began in 2012 during an Arkansas MCWS run. Brady was about a week removed from his third heart surgery when a group of teams visited him at the hospital.
The Razorbacks spent an hour and a half with Brady, talking, coloring, and playing a game the boy invented called "Elevator Races" in which the participants had to pick which hospital elevator would open first.
His mother said that the way they interacted with him was indicative of their care for him. As a kid, they knew that maybe he needed this.
"After they left, he had that little pep in his step, like, 'Hey mom, here's all these big guys that play on TV and they come to talk to me and hang out with me and stuff.'
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a rare condition in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped and unable to pump blood to the body. Brady had his first surgery when he was seven days old. Brady had tubes in him after the third operation in 2012 and his parents tried to make it as normal for him as possible.
The Razorbacks helped him forget about the hospital for a bit. Brady invited the Arkansas team to one of his games when they returned to the MCWS. One of the team's news conferences was attended by thelukes.
Brady has played sports, but he has trouble breathing. His teammates were on the other side of the court.
His mother said she felt bad because she wanted him to push himself a bit harder. He is happy with what he is able to do. I think we are so blessed with what we have now that those what-ifs don't matter.
Brady is a big fan of Brady Slavens. The Razorbacks practiced at a high school about 15 minutes from the site of the World Series. Slavens told the younger Brady that he would probably have a tan line when he got rid of his boot.
Brady walked up and down the fence line trying to catch a glimpse of Slavens and the rest of the team.
The Razorbacks scored 17 goals. Bradyluke was not bored.
Being here is cool.
The family will be watching the tournament from their house.
She said that her son has completed the three-stage repair to his heart, but that there is always the possibility of more procedures in the future. She is confident that Brady will live a long life because of the advances in medicine.
She hopes Brady's story will help other parents deal with sick children.
She told them in a text that they were not alone. Random baseball teams are willing to help and carry some of the load.
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