Don’t be like me since this is a true extract of what happened to Therese I will be frank and endeavor to tell you what I think you should do, it is

up to you to ahead with my instructions or reject them altogether, but I hope you don’t please read carefully, OK back to the consultation with

the surgeon, what I did not know at the time of the consultation with the surgeon was that the whole procedure is base on two surgery to be

final. Therese, her condition started a while back about six years ago December 20th, 2016, when she visited the Berlin Health Physical Medicine

N euro Consultant, for severe pain in her head, the attending physician Dr. Brian A Knapp, evaluated her and his diagnosis was that she suffered

from Cerebrovascular Accident due to Thrombosis of left Anterior Cerebral Artery. Therese is a patient of Hydrocephalus, before recently I did not

know what that is much less knowing my wife is a patient of this illness.

Successful surgery means to you the caregiver, your work has now begun how will it affect you the caretaker, shortly since I have gone through

this trip I will venture to tell you as the patient caregiver what you should do to keep in the loop.

After the (VP ) Shunt was placed in Therese's head she spent some time healing at the hospital, during this time frame interval you should de-

cide your next move. Before the patient is released you are given several choices for future care for the patient, continuing therapy is a must,

choose wisely where you put your loved one, there is a good reason that I am telling you to choose wisely, in Therese's case my choices were bad

ones, keep reading to know why this is so important.

Let me take you through Therese's atrioventricular shunt placement, putting aside all reluctant and bad decisions finally on the eve of

9/30/2021 the surgeon performed an atrioventricular shunt placement, folks even at this late hour, to be honest, we were briefed by the surgeon

what the procedure entails and what he was planning to do to relieve the pressure on Therese's brain, the consultation lasted about twenty min-

utes, did I fully understood what he had just told me nope, yet to get the ball rolling I nodded my head in agreement.

I observed Therese having difficulty with her speech

and later her mobility. At the time, I did not know the

reason because of the early effects of cerebrovascular

accident (CVA). Once more, she was taken to the hospital

for further observation, where she was diagnosed with

Acute, but ill-defined, cerebrovascular disease, as her

condition worsened priority was given to that part of

her head that needed surgery, later she would be diag-

nosed with a condition called Obstructive hydro-

cephalus (HCC, in 9/24/21.

THERESE ATKINS STORY

Hydrocephalus is the build-up of too much cerebrovas-

cular fluid in the brain. Normally, this fluid cushions

your brain. When you have too much, though, it puts

harmful pressure on your brain. Hydrocephalus can be

congenital, or present at birth. Causes include genetic

problems and problems with how the fetus develops. An

unusually large head is the main sign of congenital hy-

drocephalus. Hydrocephalus,

BEFORE AND AFTER

Let me take you through Therese's atrioventricular

shunt placement, putting aside all reluctant and bad

decisions finally on the eve of 9/30/2021 the surgeon

performed an extravehicular shunt placement, folks

even at this late hour, to be honest, we were briefed by

the surgeon what the procedure entails and what he

was planning to do to relieve the pressure on Therese's

brain, the consultation lasted about twenty minutes, did

I fully understood what he had just told me nope, yet to

get the ball rolling I nodded my head in agreement.

10/19/2017 Therese has Cerebral infarction, unspecified

(HCC) for those of you who don’t know what that means,

and believe me, I did not know myself, I have taken the

liberty to research its meaning and place it below.

National Library of Medicine: A stroke is a medical

emergency. There are two types - ischemic and hemor-

rhagic. Ischemic stroke is the more common type. It is

usually caused by a blood clot that blocks or plugs a

blood vessel in the brain. This keeps blood from flowing

to the brain. Within minutes, brain cells begin to die.

Another cause is stenosis or narrowing of the artery.

This can happen because of atherosclerosis,

2021: Therese Atkins, with the help of a shunt, her journey without Physical and occupational therapy, living a normal life with the symptoms associated with normal pressure hydrocephalus.

HYDROCEPHALUS

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Therese, her condition started a while back about six years ago December 20th, 2016, when she visited the Berlin Health Physical Medicine Neuro Consultant, for severe pain in her head, the attending physician Dr. Brian A Knapp, evaluated her and his diagnosis was that she suffered from Cerebrovascular Accident due to Thrombosis of left Anterior Cerebral Artery.

THERESE MEDICAL HISTORY

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