[esihaliti]

hi, eveyone out there. my son had a brain shunt when he was 2 months old. now he is 12 and thank god everything seems going right. but i live with the fear that smth will go wrong with the shunt, and i can't sleep at night. every time he has headaches, which he says that are so strong even when he has a normal flu, i freak out. somebody who has shared the same experience good or bad, plz write to me. i'd like to know anything about the living with the shunt. the doctor says my son will have a normal life. should i trust him?
my son's case is not so severe that's true. exept some physical limitations and concentrating problems. and i should thank god day and night for this. i do, but still can't let go my worries. waiting for any answer with life experience on this matter. thx

[Doody]

Hi Esihaliti.

I'm not sure what the shunt is for. But I notice a lot of people in the hydrocephalus forum have conversations going about shunts. You may want to ask in there.

There is a Search link in that blue bar towards the top of the pages if you want to do a search for information in posts.

Best wishes for you and your son.

[DiMarie]

Originally Posted by esihaliti

hi, eveyone out there. my son had a brain shunt when he was 2 months old. now he is 12 and thank god everything seems going right. but i live with the fear that smth will go wrong with the shunt, and i can't sleep at night. every time he has headaches, which he says that are so strong even when he has a normal flu, i freak out. somebody who has shared the same experience good or bad, plz write to me. i'd like to know anything about the living with the shunt. the doctor says my son will have a normal life. should i trust him?
my son's case is not so severe that's true. exept some physical limitations and concentrating problems. and i should thank god day and night for this. i do, but still can't let go my worries. waiting for any answer with life experience on this matter. thx

From the experiance with my nephew and my friends son, they long out grew their shunts. Josh had to have replacements, as he grew the throwing up started and was the clue. With my friends son, he out grew it and never in the last 7 years has it functioned and he is fine.
Small for his age, and eye glasses are strong, but otherwise a healthy kiddo.
Have a check up done to see if he needs the shunt, if fluid is a problem, but they likely will advise the old shunt at 2 months is not even a factor or functioning.
Good luck to you
di