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Faces of Chiari - Grace

My name is Grace and I am 9 years old. I have Chiari Malformation Type 1 with a herniation of 9mm. My Chiari was found accidentally by my Pediatric Ophthalmologist when I was 6. I have some vision issues that are not corrected by glasses, so my Dr. ordered an MRI to make sure everything was OK with my eye nerve and discovered my Chiari. I had decompression surgery in May 2009 in NYC. I was lucky that my Neurosurgeon was able to perform surgery without even opening the covering of my brain (the dura). I am now at 3 months post surgery and doing great!

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