Resilient teen overcomes odds through multiple health challenges

CBS Mornings He wasn't expected to survive past birth. Years later, this teen suffered a stroke, but is still defying the odds .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-cbs-mornings.jpg'); } By David Begnaud, David Begnaud CBS News Contributor David Begnaud is a CBS News contributor and previously served as the lead national correspondent for "CBS Mornings," based in New York City. Read Full Bio David Begnaud, Kelsie Hoffman, Grace Baek April 20, 2026 / 12:10 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Just 18 years old, Dylan Law has faced numerous health challenges, but has never given up when faced with adversity. At birth, Dylan didn't have a heartbeat for 22 minutes. Doctors told his parents, McKenzie and Jesse Law, to prepare for the worst. If their son survived, they said he would likely never walk, talk or eat on his own."They immediately rushed him up to the NICU," McKenzie Law recalled. "He wasn't supposed to make it … through the first night."But Dylan beat the odds.His first moments in the world led to his diagnosis of ataxic cerebral palsy, a condition that affects muscle movement and control. For Dylan, it impacts his arms."My hands tremor all the time, every day, seven days a week, every millisecond, every second," the high schooler explained.As he grew, the tremors grew stronger. Dylan's family and his occupational therapist, Amy Moss, refused to let the shaking define his life."I started treating him when he was 6," Moss said. "Then he came to me and said, 'Well, I really want to be a chef.' So … somebody with tremors using a sharp knife, as a therapist immediately I think of safety."Adaptive tools helped unlock possibilities for Dylan — but the real key was his perseverance.Recovering after a setback: "I wanted to give up"In 2022, Dylan made a life-altering decision. He wanted to stop the tremors and had a surgery called DBS, or deep brain stimulation. "At the time, deep brain stimulation...