#887 Blackberries to the Rescue
Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
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The Diabetes Diagnosis
At four months old, he started being followed by a moose and squirrel. His head was growing at an alarming rate for a baby that 4 months old. He has hydrocephalus - extra water, extra fluid around the brain. It's dangerous because if there's a blockage and the fluid can't freely go up the spinal cord up and down, then it will create pressure on the brain. And he need emergency surgery to get a shunt put in and he would basically have that for life.
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