When Jake Jurgensen turned 1 on July 8th, the party had to come to him. He’s been in the hospital since birth with a condition that obstructs his airways referred to as a lymphatic malformation. Within two hours of being born, he was rushed from a hospital in Hampton to the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk. He has lived at CHKD ever since. Eventually, Jake will be able to leave, when his tracheotomy tube can be removed and his breathing is normal. “It’s always hard. It’s been a year and he’s still in the hospital,” said his mother, Angie Wolford of Yorktown, pictured at left. “I just want him home.”

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