Appointment with ped. neurologist

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I wrote a couple of days ago regarding the frustration I was having

with pediatricians here in Tucson. Well, I finally fixed that and

made an appointment with a new pediatrician who I am extremely happy

with. She seems to be a lot more personable and is very gentle with

my son. She agreed that he should be seen by a pediatric neurologist

and was going to give me a referral but I was called today by the

neurologist's office and they had a cancellation so we are going in

to see the Dr. tomorrow. It is definitely a lot better than having

to wait until NOvember, which was the date of our original

appointment. Can anyone tell me exactly what the Dr. does at the

neurologist appointment? Will he do anything that will make my son

upset or uncomfortable or does he just examine his head? Do they

always orders CAT scans even if my pediatrician was almost positive

that my son has plagiocephaly and not craniosynostosis? I have no

idea what to expect and want my son to go through the least amount of

discomfort as possible,as all mothers do I suppose! Thanks for any

information.

[Guest guest]

Hi :

That is wonderful you have your appt already tomorrow with the

specialist, that all worked out perfect for you Also happy to

hear you have a new pediatrician that you like. That makes a ton of

difference.

My daughter saw a ped. neurosurgeon, at that appt he simply looked

her over, took several photographs from every angle of her head &

discussed helmet therapy with us. Abby had Xrays done prior to

seeing the specialist that ruled out cranio. so we didn't need to

worry about that any more.

Check out this link for questions to ask the specialist at yuor appt

tomorrow: http://www.plagiocephaly.org/support/questions.htm

Good luck & please let us know how it goes.

Debbie Abby's mom DOCgrad

MI

> Hi,

> I wrote a couple of days ago regarding the frustration I was having

> with pediatricians here in Tucson. Well, I finally fixed that and

> made an appointment with a new pediatrician who I am extremely

happy

> with. She seems to be a lot more personable and is very gentle

with

> my son. She agreed that he should be seen by a pediatric

neurologist

> and was going to give me a referral but I was called today by the

> neurologist's office and they had a cancellation so we are going in

> to see the Dr. tomorrow. It is definitely a lot better than having

> to wait until NOvember, which was the date of our original

> appointment. Can anyone tell me exactly what the Dr. does at the

> neurologist appointment? Will he do anything that will make my son

> upset or uncomfortable or does he just examine his head? Do they

> always orders CAT scans even if my pediatrician was almost positive

> that my son has plagiocephaly and not craniosynostosis? I have no

> idea what to expect and want my son to go through the least amount

of

> discomfort as possible,as all mothers do I suppose! Thanks for any

> information.