The Best News

I can't even find the words to describe how great the news was today at the Plagiocephaly Clinic. We walked out feeling like a million bucks. A far cry from how we felt last week.

Bottom line-Brian does NOT need surgery. In fact, Dawn, the PA, said that had she seen Shawn prior to today (his forehead in particular), she would have never even recommended the CT scan. The CT scan showed a very mild synostosis of the metopic suture. This means the ridge on Brian's forehead was caused because the metopic suture fused a little early-just like his Dad's. There is no indication of any type of ICP (intra-cranial pressure), nor did the PA or surgeon feel there would be in the future. The left part of Brian's forehead that looked a bit narrow last week, has already come back out, likely due to the helmet being refitted last Wednesday.

AND...Brian will be helmet free before the end of the month! In all of the "excitement" last week, Dawn failed to mention that his head measurements are now within normal range, meaning that he can be successfully weaned from the helmet. Dr. Gordon, the surgeon, confirmed this. This is incredibly lucky as the average time a child is in a helmet is 3 months, so we are on the early side by a whole month! Brian must have had quite a growth spurt over the last month, and since he was in the helmet, his head grew in all of the right places. To wean him, we will start by reducing the number of hours he wears it by 2 each day until we are down to 0. So, today he will wear it for 21, rather than the normal 23 and so on. This is to help him get used to the idea that his crash helmet won't be protecting his head any longer. If my calculations are correct, he will be out of it officially by March 28th.

So, the luck of the Irish was indeed with the Borchardt's today. THANK YOU does not seem like a strong enough phrase to adequately express our gratitude for the thoughts, prayers, kind words and actions of our family and friends this past week. We hope you all know how grateful we are and how much we love you.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!