'Facebook Infant' Prompts Outpouring of Countrywide Support

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'Facebook Infant' Prompts Outpouring of Countrywide Support

Article from Courier Post by Carol Comegno:

Holton Weingrad has no idea what Facebook is, but he is already on it with way more followers than the average person — 9,317 this week to be exact.

Facebookers in the U.S. and worldwide have been following the 1-year-old's progress since he suffered a fall at 11 weeks old while under his nanny's care at his Los Angeles home shortly before Christmas. Holton then spent weeks in a children's hospital for a traumatic brain injury. 

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Dad Beats the System to Give Help to Kids with Brain Injuries

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Dad Beats the System to Give Help to Kids with Brain Injuries

Article from Mom.me by Madeline Holler:

Weingrad, 38, editor at Mom.me's parent company, Whalerock Industries, has written about what happened to Holton that morning for Mom.me. In specific, heartbreaking detail, Weingrad recounts the minutes, hours and days following his son's injury, and the frustration he and his wife have experienced in trying to understand what happened and how best to find their son lifesaving and helpful treatment.

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Focus on Holton's Heroes and the Inspirational Story That Started the Foundation

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Focus on Holton's Heroes and the Inspirational Story That Started the Foundation

Article from Liftbump.com by Amanda:

Nearly one year ago, Eric and Angela Weingrad received a devastating phone call. Their eleven-week-old son, Holton, had suffered a severe head injury and had stopped breathing.

According to Holton’s GiveForward page, under the care of his long-term nanny, the infant had cracked his skull. The cracked skull combined with lack of oxygen resulted in damaged brain tissue, and began what would be the most difficult year of Eric and Angela’s life. Read more...

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