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Hydrocephalus baby w/o shunt

Post a new topicby livingwith on Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:13 pm

My son was a 25 week preemie. Due to his prematurity he suffered a grade IV on the left and grade III on the right immediately after birth. Doctors told us there was a great chance he wouldn’t survive so they didn’t put in a shunt. They told us to ride it out. They told us he would most likely have cerebral palsy and be completely dependent. He was in the NICU for 4 months with weekly MRI’s. It was a rough time. He had stage 2 ROP that was successfully treated with the laser su...Read the full article
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Re: Hydrocephalus baby w/o shunt

Post a new topicby mp327 on Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:24 pm

Your son's story is certainly amazing and he sounds like a tough little guy! I hope he continues to defy the odds and I wish him and you the very best.

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