Hydrocephalus Awareness Month

Today is the tenth day of Hydrocephalus Awareness Month and today I'm going to share a little bit about me so you can get to know me and a little bit of my story. The people in the photo with me are my sisters and my brother. Now I am going to tell you a little bit more about this photo. This picture was taken in June of 1996 after I was life flighted to the Cleveland Clinic. I had a seizure that was resulted in brain damage because I had so much swelling in my brain that the wrinkles were completely smooth. The doctor said if I gotten there 15 minutes later I would've had severe brain damage and 30 minutes later would have resulted in me not surviving. After this picture was taken an external shunt was placed to monitor my fluid... and a few days after that I had another surgery to be permanently shunted. So as you can see helping people learn about Hydrocephalus is important to me because I not only want people to understand my story but I want people to understand what people like me have to go through.