S2 E19: I’m Too Young For This Ish! - Part 4 - Hydrocephalus

Update: 2022-11-16

Description

The next installment of the "I'm Too Young For This Ish!" series for On Call With Dr. Randy, where Dr. Randy Hines II interviews individuals who received diagnosis for intense conditions at a young age, is a two-parter featuring Lauren Brown. In the first part, Lauren Brown takes us through her Hydrocephalus condition which she was diagnosed with as a baby. They discuss dealing with the condition as a baby along with how her treatment options developed as she grew older. What you can expect in this episode:

4:45 - Origin story of diagnosis

7:55 - Brain surgery experience

10:30 - Goals of surgery

16:25 - Middle school experience

21:20 - Support groups

22:25 - Symptoms

31:10 - Family advocates

33:00 - Do’s and don’ts

Tweetable Quotes:

“You're going to need brain surgery...period.” - Lauren Brown

“If God didn't want me walking in this path, he wouldn't have woken me up from those surgeries.” - Lauren Brown

“Because over time, having that many brain surgeries, in my mind I knew the drill." - Lauren Brown

About Lauren Brown:

Lauren Brown is originally from Indianapolis, Indiana who attended Indiana University on a full-ride scholarship where she graduated with a double major in biology and neuroscience. She went on to receive two masters degrees before being accepted into medical school. As a current medical student, 12 days away from finishing her 3rd year, she has a goal of helping others in the exact same way that she was saved, by putting shunts in babies’ brains. She's recently enjoyed coloring in her “me time” while also singing and dancing. After being born with Hydrocephalus, she needed a shunt to allow CSF to travel from the brain. With her first brain surgery at just 3 weeks old she was also diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis as a teenager and ended up having a colectomy done.