Saturday, March 5, 2011

photos - hydrocephalus - part 1

Head circumferences of babies vary in hydrocephalus. This baby's head is growing rapidly and she is no longer able to turn her head by herself. The mother constantly has to change the head position.

If a baby lays in the same position for too long pressure sores develop. This baby has a small pressure sore on the side of her head.

This woman came from an orphanage in Cap Haitian with this young girl. The doctor explained to her that surgery wouldn't change anything and we deposited her at the airport for a flight back. This woman told us that the orphanage has around 80 handicapped children in their care and that teams regularly travel from Britain to help at the mission.

We saw several babies that have large heads. It is good that the surgery teams are coming now every 3 months. This baby's head has grown rapidly as well.

Sarafina, the young girl whose mother didn't have the tap-tap money to leave the Corrail refuge camp is resting in her bed. The team created a slot for her on the surgical list and she got her surgery.




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