BOISE, Idaho — From 8 a.m. until late at night, Nathan Hill performs countless tasks for his 16-year-old son, Brady. Some of the tasks are small — things most people “take for granted that our kids can do,” Hill said, like popping Brady’s pimples when he gets acne outbreaks.
Others could mean the difference between life or death. A failure to properly maintain a tube into Brady’s windpipe, Hill said, could be fatal.
The Meridian teen was diagnosed with brain cancer as a baby and suffered a stroke during surgery, leaving him permanently disabled, Hill told the Idaho Statesman . In the years since, he’s needed help through hourslong routines every day. In the morning, Hill helps Brady use the toilet, take a sponge bath, get dressed and eat through a tube entering his stomach. At night, Hill hooks Brady up to a ventilator and other machines to help him breathe…