The 9 1/2 year old shunt.....

I have became fond of the device that was first explained to me, "we are going to plant a device in your son's head" my first thought was plant a device doesn't sound good.  It has been with us on May 6, 10 years almost Jeremy's life.  There was a time it was working too good and there was talks of maybe replacing it.  There is a good chance that we will be saying good-bye to that device forthcoming.  Dr. Marouk feels we are probably on borrowed time and I am close to agreeing.  CT scan revealed Jeremy's ventricles to be a tad larger than the last CT done in 2008, he wasn't overly concerned with that until he pumped the shunt and it was harder than normal to pump so that raised concerns.  We are doing a shunt series to check the placement of the shunt tubing because Jeremy was 2 1/2 when this shunt was placed so he has done lot of growing and changing.  If  the tubing is hanging out loose, it runs a risk of particles getting inside the tube and therefore clogging it.  Dr. Marouk said once we get it done to call him, he would take a look at the films and then he would call me and we will go from there.