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Offline skorpion

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close shave
« on: May 16, 2011, 05:18:58 PM »
the son of my science teacher had a close shave in the past 2 weeks. she didnt give much detail but this sounded pretty bad from what happened to him.

week-1: son wakes up one day, vomiting and unable to stay awake for more than 5 minutes, faints and goes into a relapse. parents call doctor, doctor says get to the emergency room immediately. they get there and soon find out there going to the childrens hospital in the ICU. they take a helichopter there and barley make it before he has a heart attack. doctors give the kid a crapton of IV/Feeding and breathing tubes and he goes into a seizure.

week-2: son has a rare disease (cant remember the name since its extremely long) and they have to operate on his brain for 14 hours straigt. parents are terrified and the doctors find something utterly disturbing. a "bubble" of water on the frontal cortex. doctors do the most technologically advanced method to get rid of it-pop it with a needle-and they screw the skullplate back in. kid is fine and is released in 3 days.

thank god he didnt loose his life. hes a tough little guy! :pray
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Re: close shave
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2011, 05:26:44 PM »
 :O



thankful he's ok!
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Re: close shave
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2011, 06:21:33 PM »
A bubble of fluid in the brain?  I think that I might know the name of that disease.  I think that it might have something to do with improper drainage of cerebrospinal fluid at the base of the skull.

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Re: close shave
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2011, 12:54:24 AM »
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Re: close shave
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2011, 04:08:01 AM »
Released 3 days after brain surgery?  :headscratch:
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Re: close shave
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2011, 04:42:52 AM »
Quote from: rpm on May 17, 2011, 04:08:01 AM
Released 3 days after brain surgery?  :headscratch:

The brain, itself, feels no pain.
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Re: close shave
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2011, 06:54:24 AM »
Quote from: rpm on May 17, 2011, 04:08:01 AM
Released 3 days after brain surgery?  :headscratch:
thats what she told us, im not sure thats completely true though...
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Re: close shave
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2011, 08:20:11 AM »
Quote from: rpm on May 17, 2011, 04:08:01 AM
Released 3 days after brain surgery?  :headscratch:

Yes, it was not brain surgery.  My sister was released 8 days after a brain aneurism so 3 for opening and closing the scull is not as short as you think.
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Re: close shave
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2011, 09:13:09 AM »
Quote from: dedalos on May 17, 2011, 08:20:11 AM
Yes, it was not brain surgery.  My sister was released 8 days after a brain aneurism so 3 for opening and closing the scull is not as short as you think.

Exactly.

It was cranial surgery to relieve the hydraulic pressure on the brain.

Big difference
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Re: close shave
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2011, 03:51:34 PM »
Quote from: AWwrgwy on May 17, 2011, 12:54:24 AM
hydrocephalus?



wrongway

Thank you, that's exactly the disease that I had thought of.

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Re: close shave
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2011, 03:53:38 PM »
Quote from: rpm on May 17, 2011, 04:08:01 AM
Released 3 days after brain surgery?  :headscratch:

Probabley still has a while to rest at home.  Once you're able to by yourself walk, take a shower, and get on and off the toilet, the hospital could let you stay longer if you really wanted to...
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Re: close shave
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2011, 03:59:20 PM »
UPDATE: the kid is at home, doing well but has to go thru therapy. when all this happened he forgot how to do everything. and they meant EVERYTHING. he has to re-learn how to read, write, walk, run, talk ect...

at least hes young enough that it wont make a big impact on his life.
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Re: close shave
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2011, 04:14:35 PM »
Was his memory wiped?

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Re: close shave
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2011, 04:20:20 PM »
Quote from: dedalos on May 17, 2011, 08:20:11 AM
Yes, it was not brain surgery.  My sister was released 8 days after a brain aneurism so 3 for opening and closing the scull is not as short as you think.
I was thinking risk of infection would require a longer isolation and observation. But, I'm not a doctor.
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