The heartbroken parents of a three-year-old boy have started a petition, hoping to change hospital procedures and spare other families the pain of losing a child. Lucas Faram died in hospital on Sunday night, after complications with his brain shunt. More: http://7news.link/3is8KN8 Report on 7NEWS Townsville at 6pm. #7NEWS | 7NEWS Townsville

Not much going on today so why not show how her external shunt is doing. The drain is placed in her left ventricle and it empties into this iv bag beside her bed. Her CSF (cerebral spinal fluid) output per day averages 500 ml. Healthy ventricles produce CSF and move it around the brain. Beth’s ventricles produce CSF but they don’t properly move it around the brain. This causes a build up of CSF and that’s how Beth was diagnosed with hydrocephalus around 5 months old. It’s extremely common for ki