Hi, My name is Neelam and I am from New Delhi, India. Almost 2.5 months back one of relatives had a massive right basal ganglia bleed. He had to undergo emergency life saving surgery to fix his bleed. In the process a part of his skull bone was removed to relieve the ICP and preserved outside. He was in the ICU for about 28 days out of which he was on ventilator support for almost 24 days. He was then moved to the ward for rehabilitation. He was showing satisfactory recovery. His surgeon decided to place the skull bone back and the craniotomy was performed. Thats when complications started which included high fever, restlessness, low bp. After 2 weeks of struggling with these symptoms his condition worsened. Doctors moved him to the ICU on full ventilator support. His CT scan revealed acute hydrocephalus. He had to go through yet another surgical procedure to relieve the ICP. After an ICU stay for about a month or so. He has now been moved to the ward and now fighting with ventriculitis. We are still at the same place. fighting infections. Doctors need normal CSF report to perform yet another shunting operation. I have below mentioned queries: 1. time period of the recovery of such patients 2. do they actually recover completely 3. how much time would ventriculitis take to cure. 4. Does ventriculitis cause any complications while it is being treated.