Boy, 6, suffers life-threatening stroke that causes paralysis: ‘Rare complication’

Boy, 6, suffers life-threatening stroke that causes paralysis: ‘Rare complication’

Doctors perform life-saving procedure to remove blood clot

Shawn Patton is pictured with his son, Preston, who experienced a life-threatening stroke at 6 years old. (OSF HealthCare)

A brain scan revealed that Preston Patton had a blood clot in his brain, and his heart function had dropped to just 10%. (Preston is pictured here with his sister, Carter, and his father, Shawn.) (OSF Healthcare)

Preston Patton, pictured here with his sister, is one of the few children in the world to undergo a life-saving thrombectomy, according to OSF HealthCare. (OSF Healthcare)

Soon after the clot was removed, the doctors saw a "complete reversal" of Patton’s symptoms. (OSF Healthcare)