Testimonial by Kunal Chorge
COLLOID CYST THAT ALMOST KILLED THIS YOUNG MAN...
The story of kunal chorge as told by his mother…
My son, who is 18 years old, is a healthy youngster. It was on a fateful day that he got up with a headache. Initially I thought that it could be because of the fact that he was studying for his exams and was staying up till late hours in the night. However, the headache escalated in severity and he started feeling giddy. He also had series of vomits and became progressively drowsy. It was then that I was alarmed and we quickly shifted him to the hospital.
My nephew contacted Dr Panchawagh, a renowned neurosurgeon in Pune. He had operated on one of our relatives successfully for spinal problem. Luckily, Dr Panchawagh was not performing any operation at that particular hour and could answer our frantic phone call. He came rushing to the casualty and saw Kunal. By that time, Kunal had become unconscious. In fact, I could see that his breathing was becoming laborious and he was slipping into coma. A tube was immediately inserted into his wind-pipe, for artificial breathing and he was shifted to the CT scan suite.
Dr Panchawagh called us to the CT scan premises. He told us that Kunal had a small tumor called ‘colloid cyst’ in the central part of his brain. It was so critically located that the natural flow of the brain-water (CSF) was getting obstructed. As this obstruction had happed very rapidly, the brain tension had risen sky high and there was danger to his life.
Dr Panchawagh explained these things patiently but rapidly and I could sense the urgency.
“We will be performing a small surgery first”, he told us, “we will drill a small hole in Kunal’s skull and drain the brain water to relieve the tension. However, the water will form again in the next 4 hours and we will have to remove the tumor in that time window.”
I am thankful to the entire doctor’s team that gave me the much-needed confidence and reassurance. Kunal was operated as told to us and he made a miraculous recovery in the next week or so. I am eternally grateful to Dr Panchawagh and his team not only for the skill in operating on Kunal but more for their kindness and the ability of giving us the much needed reassurance.”
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