Xrays scheduled for Monday...

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Savannah had her followup appointment today with a different ped since

getting out of the hospital last week. He mentioned her eyes being

misaligned so I asked him if he knew anything about the helmet or band for

plagiocephaly and if he thinks she needs one. He said he thought that would

be a good idea for her so he ordered xrays for Monday. Also, I guess we do

have someone here in Rapid City, SD that can do the helmet so that is good

news. I will post that info once we get that far. That was much easier than

trying to convince her regular ped! So now I'm just wondering what exactly

are they looking for with the xrays? He said he couldn't just write a

prescription for a helmet without seeing xrays because she may need surgery

first?! How common is that? I guess I have so many questions now, I'm sure I

will probably have more as we get going.

Amber

[Guest guest]

Amber,

A lot of peds/specialist will order x-rays or CT scans to rule out

craniosynostosis. Cranio is premature fusion of one or more sutures.

You can learn more about cranio by going here:

http://www.cappskids.org/

I'm glad you saw a different ped! Keep us posted.S

tacy

--- In Plagiocephaly , " Amber " <amber.goldpages@m...>

wrote:

> Hi,

> Savannah had her followup appointment today with a different ped

since

> getting out of the hospital last week. He mentioned her eyes being

> misaligned so I asked him if he knew anything about the helmet or

band for

> plagiocephaly and if he thinks she needs one. He said he thought

that would

> be a good idea for her so he ordered xrays for Monday. Also, I

guess we do

> have someone here in Rapid City, SD that can do the helmet so that

is good

> news. I will post that info once we get that far. That was much

easier than

> trying to convince her regular ped! So now I'm just wondering what

exactly

> are they looking for with the xrays? He said he couldn't just write

a

> prescription for a helmet without seeing xrays because she may need

surgery

> first?! How common is that? I guess I have so many questions now,

I'm sure I

> will probably have more as we get going.

>

> Amber