Neurosurgeons at a hospital in San Antonio are fighting to save the life
of an 11-month old baby born with a rare condition that caused his head
to swell to more than twice the normal size.
“Baby Klaus,” as his parents and local media are calling him, was born
with hydrocephalus, a build-up of excess fluid in the brain that has
caused his head to swell to more than 130% larger than a typical
newborn’s head.
After several doctors near their home in west Texas refused to operate
or told them that their baby would die soon, the stricken baby’s
parents, who identified themselves as Klaus Sr. and Beatrice, found a
hopeful savior in Dr. David Jimenez, the chairmen of the department of
neurosurgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San
Antonio.
Jimenez and his staff inserted a tube in the baby’s head to drain the
fluid and relieve the pressure, and the child’s head is already about a
foot smaller than it was when his parents brought him in about two weeks
ago, San Antonio’s KENS5-TV reported.
