March 22, 2024
Leesburg High Bowling Champion Mason Harding Recovering From Brain Surgery
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By Kyle Coppola
Leesburg High Bowling Champion Mason Harding Recovering From Brain Surgery
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Please send your thoughts and prayers to Leesburg High School student Mason Harding who’s a Leesburg High Bowling Champion. Mason is now paralyzed on his right side after brain surgery. He’s working hard to recover.
From his Mother: Mason Harding has been living the last few years with epileptic seizures. They were getting so severe that something had to be done sooner than later. Mason underwent months of testing and trials to find a resolution for his epilepsy. None of them were successful.
On February 23rd, Mason underwent a temporal lobe disconnection as well as an amygdalohippocampectomy to cure his epilepsy. He came out of surgery, and the surgeon said there was a small hemorrhage, but he looked to the neurologist, and he said it would clot and dissipate, so he decided not to chase it. Unfortunately, that did not clot and did not dissipate.
They had to rush Mason back in an hour and a half later because he was hemorrhaging. They were able to save Mason, but it left him paralyzed on his right side. Since then, he has been working very hard for a recovery that is unknown. He has made great strides and is walking with assistance, moving his right arm, and working on that smile. Anytime there is damage to the brain, 100% recovery can’t be guaranteed.
We are hopeful that with all the thoughts, prayers, and hard work from Mason’s medical professionals and Mason’s hard work, he will make a full recovery. He has been admitted for 20 days at this point, with no release date yet. With this come never-ending medical bills, missed days at work, and a transition back to life at home.
Any and all donations are greatly appreciated, even if they are just thoughts or prayers. This has been written on behalf of my sister, Janine Armstrong, Mason’s mother.
Donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mason-with-his-medical-expenses
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.