Logan Grosz, a 2018 Southeast High School graduate who is in his second year at EWC, nearly died after he was born with hydrops fetalis, and since then he’s also had to overcome bouts with a condition called Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura as well as Evans’ syndrome. Through it all, however, Grosz has stayed upbeat, and his focus now is on earning a degree in social work so he can help other people who are going through tough times.
JEFF FIELDER Editor
TORRINGTON, Wyo. – Logan Grosz has a lot of fun hanging out with friends, taking care of his sheep and cattle, being part of Eastern Wyoming College’s livestock judging team, and pursuing his dream of becoming a social worker.
The 2018 Southeast High School graduate who lives in Torrington likes to think about the positive things going on in his life – not the adversity he’s faced since he was born.
“I’ve been through a lot, but I’m happy and healthy right now, and that’s what I focus on,” he said.
At 20 years old, Grosz feels blessed to just be alive. He was born with hydrops fetalis, a condition in which he had excessive fluid in his fetal compartments. He was immediately flown from McCook, where his family lived at the time, to a hospital in Omaha, where he stayed in the neonatal intensive care unit for about a month. Doctors told his parents that he likely wouldn’t survive.
“One of the doctors told my mom to take as many pictures of me as she could because that’s all she would have,” Grosz said.
