Guest guest Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 In a message dated 2/14/2004 6:29:07 PM Central Standard Time, gale.harris@... writes: Abby has arnold chiari malformation. The brain stem goes too far down into the spinal cord. She has fluid build up around her brain, but not bad enough for a shunt. Gale HMMM I have never heard of this. My daughter they think might have had a stroke or might have had a virus that caused the tube that drains down the spinal cord to not develop properly. She actually has to valves on the left side of her head that Y's down and drains in to her abdomen. Deb A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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