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Fred, one of the four children of Beatrice (a widow, aged 30), had been suffering from progressive enlargement of the head since he was five months old. This was a case of ‘water on the brain’, i.e. hydrocephalus of unknown cause, which is a pathological enlargement of the fluid-filled spaces in the brain containing cerebrospinal fluid. The increased intracranial pressure had already led to developmental delays in Fred. Whilst attempting to surgically reduce the intracranial pressure by diverting cerebrospinal fluid via a drain into the abdominal cavity, he sadly passed away during the operation last October.
Nevertheless, we would like to thank all the donors: who wouldn’t have wanted to give him this last chance to spare him a long, drawn-out illness?