Victoria Wall welcomed little Seb two years ago, however complications following his birth led to him being placed on a ventilator straight away.
A new mum who noticed her baby couldn't sit up properly has been left devastated after he received a potentially fatal diagnosis.
With the youngster still in distress, his worried parents drove him to an urgent care centre - where doctors said Seb was perfectly healthy. At a GP appointment shortly after, she was once again told that there was nothing wrong with the tot. Hydrocephalus, also referred to as “water on the brain”, is a build-up of fluid that can cause pressure and damage to the skull. Symptoms include a rapidly growing head as well as vomiting, unsettledness, sleepiness, poor feeding, a shiny scalp with visible veins, eyes that gaze downwards and a regression in the baby’s skills.
“Reading that it’s incurable and it’s a life-long thing – it's so much to take in. It’s completely overwhelming and scary; your mind races to all the worst-case scenarios and you hope to God it won’t be your reality.” “It’s been genuinely horrendous,” Victoria added. “And not what you expect when you set out on your journey to become a parent.
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