Meet Hydro Warrior, Isaiah Vidler
Australia
First diagnosed at five months I have battled hydrocephalus through my childhood and adult life. I’ve had seventeen shunt revisions, my first VP Shunt was implanted into my brain when I was two years old.
I am now 23 years old, I am studying journalism at the University of Wollongong with the aim of a future career in foreign and war corresponding. I also have a future determination for studying a PhD in international relations.
JOURNEY AS TOLD BY ISAIAH
First diagnosed at five months I have battled hydrocephalus through my childhood and adult life. I’ve had seventeen shunt revisions, my first VP Shunt was implanted into my brain when I was two years old.
I have struggled with epilepsy that has been put upon me by the hydrocephalus, I have seizures nearly every week. When I was young I died in the operating theatre during surgery and I was very lucky and grateful for the surgeons to bring me back to life. Throughout my teens I struggled to gain weight and dealt with a large amount of depression, missing a lot of school due to being in hospital for large periods of time.
I am now 23 years old, I am studying journalism at the University of Wollongong with the aim of a future career in foreign and war corresponding. I also have a future determination for studying a PhD in international relations.
For those who live with Hydrocephalus, never let it stop you!