I think you are on the right track to find a specialist. My mother (sorry, also not a dog) has hydrocephalus. Her dr is talking about removing some of the excess CSF in the brain through a lumbar puncture, that is where they stick a needle in the spine and draw out the CSF from the brain down out of the spinal cord. Apparently, the CSF flows between the brain and spinal cord. Don't know if this is possible in dogs. It is less invasive and less toll on the pt than the shunts are. |