Archive for hydrocephalus
Detecting shunt failure in hydrocephalus without imaging or surgery: ShuntCheck
Antonio Venus-Reeve, 14, had his first shunt surgery for hydrocephalus when he was 2½ months old. Born at 25 weeks’ gestation, weighing less than two pounds, he had a serious brain bleed seven days later. As Antonio’s head began to swell with excess fluid, neurologists at Boston Children’s Hospital told his mother, Joanne Venus-Williams, that ... Read More about Detecting shunt failure in hydrocephalus without imaging or surgery: ShuntCheck
The birth of ShuntCheck: Family, love, passion, death—and ice
The year was 2002, and 10-year-old Spencer Neff was a spunky boy with hydrocephalus, a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid inside his brain. A surgically implanted shunt – a tube to drain the fluid – was in place. Like all children with shunts, he was at risk for having the shunt plug up and malfunction, and ... Read More about The birth of ShuntCheck: Family, love, passion, death—and ice