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As you guys know , I went into surgery on January 14 to remove my calcified shunt tubing . At this point, my Neurosurgeon did not think I needed the VP shunt any longer since it had broken in my neck and no fluid was pooling up. So I scheduled the elective surgery for January 14 and he removed the calcified tubing from my neck into my abdomen. Less than 2 weeks later, i fell and one of my incisions opened up and leaked spinal fluid. When I was diagnosed with bacterial meningi

I went into surgery on January 14 to remove my calcified shunt tubing. . I felt wonderful after this procedure and continued to feel good...

I am finally back  after several surgeries and my graduation from college I have a lot to catch you all up on, so stay tuned!         I...

Before I get into the story of my emergency room experience, I wanted to share what a VP shunt is and my Personal experience with my VP...

Meet Lily Ann, Lily for short! I am very happy that I was able to name my puppy because I wanted to use the name “Ann,”. My Aunt Terry...

Hi guys, I just wanted to apologize for not posting any of my social media platforms in 2 months. I just been extremely busy and now that...

As you guys may or may not know I've been on a service dog list for about 5years now and over those 5 years ofbeing on the list and not...

I'm working with the Weinberg Cerebral Palsy Center and I will be interviewing a lot of the participants. so my name is Melanie Waldman...

I thought I would share a 1 year update after having my life changing surgery last year. As you may remember, I had surgery on my right...

Have you ever wondered how the Lena Geniecurl works? Step 1 -The first thing I do while the curling wand is heating up is brush out my...

The Permobil Smart Drive is a lightweight power assist for my manual wheelchair that helps me to go up hills and ramps, and go long...

I thought I would Vlog today because today is a very special day because today is my twin sister and I is 21st birthday and I thought I...

Living with Cerebral palsy is extremely challenging but having anxiety on top of living is even more challenging. I have always have had...

I just got done walking on the treadmill for the first time since my surgery andit felt so good so I filmed some of it's for you guys so...

Today is a very exciting day because I am headed to the hospital to finally get my cast off after having it on for six weeks so I will...

I know I haven't updated since I had my surgery yesterday but I am 17 to 18 hours post-op and I'm headed home which is very exciting but...

We are headed to the hospital for my life changing surgery and I am nervous as heck right now but I will get one out of me we are about...

Before I share all of the details about the surgery and what my plan is for after the surgery, I wanted to share the history of my right...

Before I get into today's blog post, I just wanted to put a disclaimer out there that I have done a lot of research on the information...

I have had a lot of major life changes happen to me recently like graduating high school, my twin sister going away to college, and...