Shunted: My Story
by Tina Edwards
Tina Is A Daily Survivor Of Hydrocephalus (Old Term: Water Head Babies)
& Lives With A Special Shunt In Her Head To Drain Her Spinal Fluid.
Tina Edwards was born and lived most of her life in the small Orange County, New York village of Harriman, approximately 40 miles North West of New York City. She is the youngest of four children, two brothers and a sister.
At 9 weeks of age she contracted staph meningitis that turned into hydrocephalus, doctors operated on Tina to place a ventricular shunt in her head to drain the spinal fluid. Over the years she has had to go through revisions of the shunt system, with the most recent revision in 2005.
Tina was married to her husband Scott in May 1994 and their eldest son was soon born in December of 1995. While in the process of moving to northeastern Pennsylvania their second son was born in July of 2002.
In 2003 Tina started writing poetry and it has been a passion of hers to share her poetry amongst her friends and family, now with the urging of these people she is sharing them with the world.
Tina hopes you enjoy both her poetry books and this true story of “Shunted”.
Tina Is A Daily Survivor Of Hydrocephalus & Lives With A Special Shunt In Her Head To Drain Her Spinal Fluid.
To Learn More About The Causes & Treatment For Hydrocephalus: The National Hydrocephalus Foundation (NHF)
Book Details:
Publisher: Publish America (May 25, 2009)
ISBN-10: 1607039559
ISBN-13: 978-1607039556
Paperback: 60 Pages
Language: English
Book Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Print Price: $16.95
Amazon Purchase Link
Tina Edwards Email
Author’s Websites:
http://www.publishedauthors.net/mypoems/bio.html
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