My son has had 4 revisions and he is now 5. I have always been told that is there is pain, swelling, bruising on or around the shunt area that it is infection....
Hi all !!! my baby was born premature 29th week with hydrocephalus, treated immediately with a VP shunt within a couple of weeks only and everything fine there...
hi Ali my daughter had her shunt put in at 9 months drs told us 99% of the time the shunt is there for life ... From: Mustafa To: hydrocephalus@yahoogroups.com...
Hi, I just joined and have a question. My daughter has a vp shunt (Dandy Walker Syndrome). My neuro that I had left Univ of Maryland to go to Chicago last...
Hi Ali, First of all, I agree that it depends on the severity of the hydrocpehalus. Also, the only true posibility for a person to become shunt-independent is...
No, perms do not cause shunt problems of any kind. Well, at least not that *I* know of. I've had 4-5 perms in my lifetime(I'm 21). Hope this helps ease your...
Hi everyone my name is Jill and I am 28 years old. I have two children and live in Selma, California. I was one week old when I was diagnosed with Dandy...
... shunt ... I have not experienced bruising per say. I recently had surgery and now have a searing sort of pain in my right side. That is where they took...
... treated immediately with a VP shunt within a couple of weeks only and everything fine there after. Just wanted to know whether the need for VP shunt...
I missed the posting of the original email regarding this issue, so forgive me if I am not on track. This situation came up for me early last year. There is ...
Melissa, That is very interesting. I am going to look into that more thoroughly. I doubt that I am a candidate for it though. I am sure that my neurosurgeon...
Hi, I am new to this list and I would like to know if there are any other members with Dandy Walker Syndrome Hydrocephalus. If so, will you e- mail me at...
Hi! My name is Kate.I am 17 years old.I was born with Hydrocephalus, and have a VP shunt. I have had about six operations related to my Hydrocephalus.I had my...
I have hydro.. 25 years old diagnosed at 23. I live in NJ...If you want to talk send me an email. Sally Sweetrse1@... wrote: Kate, Where do you live? I...
Hi Jill I live in San Diego. My d is 9yrs old and had her shunt put in at 6mos I also work with special ed kids with the school. Sweetrse1@... wrote: Kate,...
Sorry Jill for the mix-up My name is Deb and I live in San Diego/El Cajon east I know Coronado..hee used to work for a law firm and we had many cliets there ...
Hi.. I have hydro (dandy walker) since birth. I am a 22 college student. I had about 3 surgeries and the last one was when I was 11. If you want to know more.....
Hi Kate! I am so eager to chat with you abt hydro but very busy now, get back later. If you wanna chat over msn or yahoo please note my id as follows - ...
I am 25 and do not have dandy walker syndrome but would like to talk. ~Sally Sweetrse1@... wrote: Sally, I would like to talk. I just started meeting...
I would like to talk. I am interested in meeting all types of people. I really just meant that I have Dandy Walker. And it would be interesting to talk to...
Hi Everyone My name is jess i was dignoised when i was 11months old i am 25 now and have won the odds agaist people who thought i will never suceed in life. I...
Good Luck! Sweetrse1@... wrote:I would like to talk. I am interested in meeting all types of people. I really just meant that I have Dandy Walker. And...
hi, my name is michelle, and my daughter has hydro - diagnosed at 6 months, (should have been earlier) but she had a VP shunt placed then and has luckily not...
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