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Podcast: The Counter Culture Mom Show with Tina Griffin
Episode: Facing Non-Stop Surgeries as a Child, JT Jester Encourages Teens to Not Let Trials Define Them
Description: By the time JT Jester was just three years old, he had spent 250 days in the hospital. JT was expected to be a perfectly healthy baby, but instead, he was born with VATER Syndrome and spent the first ten days of his life in the NICU. He faced a host of health challenges, including being born without an esophagus. When JT turned 16, he had already endured 16 surgeries, suffered from dyslexia, and battled short-term memory loss. Today, this superb teen role model is an inspirational speaker and author of No Bad Days. JT conquered his educational and physical barriers and...