Jagger’s Story

Site created on January 7, 2019


Hi, my name is Jagger. I am an 11 year old triplet. I love my keys, my blowing in the winds, and my family. I was born at 27 weeks and 1 day. I spent the first 3 1/2 months of my life in the NICU. I had some difficulties in the NICU with one of my biggest problems being a grade iv intraventricular hemorrhage. What this means is I had some bleeding in one of the ventricles of my brain which lead to some damage. Due to this damage my brain cannot absorb my spinal fluid and I have hydrocephalus. As a result of this I have a VP shunt. This is a device that was placed in one of the ventricles in my brain and then a tube runs down to my abdomen to put the spinal fluid in an area where it can be absorbed by my body. I have been in and out of the hospital for the majority of my life dealing with shunt complications and issues. I will have a shunt for the rest of my life. With my shunt comes continued failures and complications that I will also have to deal with the rest of my life.

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February 23, 2019

Journal entry by Jeff Thompson —

The CT scan today showed minor positive changes. However, Dr. Swift told us we are treating the patient and not trying to improve the overall results of a CT scan. 

Basically if Jagger is making strides in the right direction he said he is good with things.

Overall things went very well today. 
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