Hearing all these stories makes me thank God that my son's experience with an arachnoid cyst has turned out well. Although hearing these stories makes me hope that in the future he is going to be alright. He was diagnosed with a posterior fossa arachnoid cyst in September of 2010 at our local ER. He had become symptomatic at the same time his freshman year of football started. Our family practitioner originally treated him for concussion but the headaches got worse and that is what led me to bring him to the emergency room where they did an MRI. I was referred to a pediatric neurosurgeon in Providence, RI and surgery was scheduled for December 8, 2010. It was a seven hour surgery he spent 14 hours in the ICU and was released two days later. He was fourteen then and handled it like a trooper. He has an occasional headache but otherwise a normal 16 year old now. He made the varsity baseball team in his sophomore year. The doctor said he is even well enough to play football but I have discouraged that. He recently had an MRI this past December and all is looking well. The only way you would know he has had any problems is the scar that runs down the back of his head. My son has been blessed up until this time and hopefully his good health continues. I wish everyone the best.
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Hearing all these stories makes me thank God that my son's experience with an arachnoid cyst has turned out well. Although hearing these stories makes me hope that in the future he is going to be alright. He was diagnosed with a posterior fossa arachnoid cyst in September of 2010 at our local ER. He had become symptomatic at the same time his freshman year of football started. Our family practitioner originally treated him for concussion but the headaches got worse and that is what led me to bring him to the emergency room where they did an MRI. I was referred to a pediatric neurosurgeon in Providence, RI and surgery was scheduled for December 8, 2010. It was a seven hour surgery he spent 14 hours in the ICU and was released two days later. He was fourteen then and handled it like a trooper. He has an occasional headache but otherwise a normal 16 year old now. He made the varsity baseball team in his sophomore year. The doctor said he is even well enough to play football but I have discouraged that. He recently had an MRI this past December and all is looking well. The only way you would know he has had any problems is the scar that runs down the back of his head. My son has been blessed up until this time and hopefully his good health continues. I wish everyone the best.
Sincerely,
Mary Ann
April 7, 2013 - 10:22amThis Comment
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