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S2 E19: I’m Too Young For This Ish! - Part 4 - Hydrocephalus
On Call with Dr. Randy
36 minutes 20 seconds
2 years ago
S2 E19: I’m Too Young For This Ish! - Part 4 - Hydrocephalus
The next installment of the "I'm Too Young For This Ish!" series for On Call With Dr. Randy, where Dr. Randy Hines II interviews individuals who received diagnosis for intense conditions at a young age, is a two-parter featuring Lauren Brown. In the first part, Lauren Brown takes us through her Hydrocephalus condition which she was diagnosed with as a baby. They discuss dealing with the condition as a baby along with how her treatment options developed as she grew older. What you can expect in this episode:
4:45 - Origin story of diagnosis
7:55 - Brain surgery experience
10:30 - Goals of surgery
16:25 - Middle school experience
21:20 - Support groups
22:25 - Symptoms
31:10 - Family advocates
33:00 - Do’s and don’ts
Tweetable Quotes:
“You're going to need brain surgery...period.” - Lauren Brown
“If God didn't want me walking in this path, he wouldn't have woken me up from those surgeries.” - Lauren Brown
“Because over time, having that many brain surgeries, in my mind I knew the drill." - Lauren Brown
About Lauren Brown:
Lauren Brown is originally from Indianapolis, Indiana who attended Indiana University on a full-ride scholarship where she graduated with a double major in biology and neuroscience. She went on to receive two masters degrees before being accepted into medical school. As a current medical student, 12 days away from finishing her 3rd year, she has a goal of helping others in the exact same way that she was saved, by putting shunts in babies’ brains. She's recently enjoyed coloring in her “me time” while also singing and dancing. After being born with Hydrocephalus, she needed a shunt to allow CSF to travel from the brain. With her first brain surgery at just 3 weeks old she was also diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis as a teenager and ended up having a colectomy done.
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