{"id":2737,"date":"2013-03-29T05:45:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T18:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/inthenews\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2015-04-29T13:40:32","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T03:40:32","slug":"little-vidas-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/little-vidas-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Vida’s battle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vida flashes a brave smile. Photo Courtesy of the Herald Sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brave Vida Dziduch has come all the way from Queensland to be treated at The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital (RCH). Her\u00a0rare condition was not picked up until she was six weeks old, to parents Che Dziduch and Louisa Banner, it looked like their daughter was trying to sneeze.<\/p>\n

The 14-month old was born with hemimegalencephaly, a condition where the brain does not form properly in the womb. Half of the brain is abnormally large, which causes seizures.<\/p>\n

Ms Banner\u2019s Grandmother, a former nurse, could see that the twitches and clenches that made Vida look like she was sneezing were the makings of something far more complex, and urged her granddaughter to have Vida checked.<\/p>\n

After presenting to hospital in Queensland and learning of Vida\u2019s diagnosis, the couple found out that their baby would need to travel interstate for surgery. Although Sydney was a closer option, the couple opted to travel to Melbourne where Vida\u2019s doctor would be the celebrated Ms Wirginia Maixner, who led the separation of conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna.<\/p>\n

Vida\u2019s condition is normally addressed by removing the problem area that is causing the seizures. In Vida’s case, 60 per cent of the right side of her brain was the concern.<\/p>\n

A marathon 20-hour operation ensued in which Vida went through five times her blood volume in transfusions.<\/p>\n

If her seizures return, Vida may have to endure further surgery and have more brain tissue removed. It may be up to two years until doctor\u2019s can assess if her peripheral vision has been affected.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Vida\u2019s parents are staying positive and treating their daughter\u2019s illness as a hurdle rather than a tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brave 14-month-old Vida has had 60 per cent of the right side of her brain removed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7198,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-good-friday-appeal","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2737"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4906,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions\/4906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}