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Originally Posted by PEEDIEDJ
MY teenage son (17 y.o) with a lot of special needs just had his vp shunt replaced(original went in when he was 18 months old!) he had the operation on sunday lunchtime(wed lunchtime now).He got out of hospital yesterday lunchtime(tues) and has been home 1 day he seems quite sleepy and has had 2 1 hr spells in his bed today is this normal? the 1st one he slept the other just lay down chilling.He eating again but not his usual apettite,does he sound ok to anyone else whos had a vp shunt replaced??
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How is he doing? I generally worry most about infection in the first six weeks after a revision but something else could be weird. Did he get a new type of valve, change the setting, or some other difference in his system? Did you call the on call doc? My kid always has felt much better in the first few days after a revision (anything beats being deathly sick), later weird stuff like draining issues have kicked in. Glad you are documenting stuff, helps one see trends better (or push back on surgeons if need be).