Adrian Mata

Adrian is 10-year-old from Highland, Indiana.

“Adrian was sent home on hospice care at 6 weeks old not expected to live past 2 days after doctors across the country refused to perform open heart surgery due to his predicted poor quality of life. Adrian was later diagnosed with Seckel Syndrome, a form of primordial dwarfism, months later which predicted a better prognosis. Therefore, Adrian was able to discharge from hospice and later receive his needed open heart surgery a couple weeks after his first birthday, which occurred at Riley Children’s Hospital! Adrian has multiple specialists and many appointments every year, but he is the happiest kid ever with a great quality of life. We live 2.5 hours away from Riley, but I truly couldn’t imagine ever going anywhere else since Adrian would not be here if it weren’t for Riley” - Adrian’s Mom, Alexis Mata

Adrian loves baseball, Disney, and music. He loves music so much that “I wanna rock” is always on repeat at his house. At PUDM Adrian loves interacting with other Riley kids and college students while his mom loves the opportunity to socialize with parents in similar situations.