Laney's story: the problem of delayed diagnosis of pediatric stroke.

Fitzsimons BT, Fitzsimons LL, Sun LR. Pediatrics. 2019;143:e20183458.

Rare diseases pose diagnostic challenges for physicians. This commentary offers insights from parents of a young child who died due to a delayed stroke diagnosis as well as from the patient's neurologist to raise awareness of childhood stroke and discuss the importance of partnership to heal from loss and advocate for improvement.