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Author:
Alison Laven
I was born at 28 1/2 weeks and am a triplet. When we were born we all had bleeding in our brains. I had the worst level with a grade 3 on one side and a 4 on the other, But through all this the shunt is the only thing that I have to deal with. I have had 30+ revisions in 8 years and now struggle...
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A New Experience
Author:
Sabrina
Hello,
I was diagnosed with Hydrocephalus and had a Programmable shunt inserted in December. My knowledge of the condition isn't very good, and I don't know anyone else with this so I feel a bit lost. It appears that I was born with hydrocephalus, but just got on with life and it never...
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Colby's Adventure
Author:
Dionne Calvin
Hi,I am writing about my son Colby. He was born 2 months premature weighing only 2lbs.. After his birth Colby stayed in the Neonatal Intensive care for 2 months before contracting meningitis and later being diagnosed with hydrocephalus. He was later transported to Texas Children's hospital to...
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I'm 21 weeks and a few days pregnant and have been diagnosed with Hydrocephalus
Author:
Siew Longhorn
I just finished getting my amnio test, fish test, and level 2 sonogram done on Monday. My little baby boy has been diagnosed with Hydrocephalus..and appears to have massive amounts of fluid for the stage of pregnancy i am at. He also appears to the doctors to be holding his left thumb in, rather...
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Life with hydro is ok
Author:
Bernadette De rego
My name is Bernie, I am 46 years old born with hydro diagnosed at age 12. I have had a few revisions throughout my life, and have seen the progress in the medical field, which haas been truely facinating. I have done very well being shunt dependant, with no limiting factors, I do stay...
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My son Michael
Author:
Lacey Peapealalo
My little sister passed away August 2000 and then by December 2000 and the beginning of 2001, my son Michael was 6 years old. Michael has always been a really good kid, even as a baby he never really cried, slept through the night by the time he was 2 weeks old. In 1st grade, his teachers were...
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Reno's Life.....so far!
Author:
Lee Neiman
"It's a boy!" Not a surprise to us as we had found out at the second level ultrasound (which showed nothing but normal baby). Looking back, there were all sorts of signs that should have alerted someone, mostly me as a mom. I had nannied a gazillion babies and knew even more birth stories...
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