Re: Adam's casting and poll question to Amy

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I am so glad to hear things went well for Adam and it was a lot less harder than you thought!!! It is a small world definitely. How do you like Dr. Frim? Did you see Dr. Holler, his colleague? Jim will be the only one we will be seeing but we are also going to the Munster campus of Ballert and occasionally the University of Chicago campus when we are seeing Dr. Frim. Hey, maybe we'll run into you at Dr. Frim's office one of these days!!! goes back to him on the 10th and 31st. I am glad Adam didn't freak out. doesn't like having anything over her face and often plays peek-a-boo with us because she pulls her blanket up over her face and can't have it there long. We didn't decide to go with a print because we wanted to be able to change it. I think on the group got the same print you are talking about and it's adorable. You can see it under on the photos section.

I bet you we will have an appt. on the same day with Dr. Frim as he is only in on Thurs. 's appt. is at 1:30 so we might run into you. Let me know when Adam's appt. is. Did Dr. Frim decide to do an MRI on Adam? Dr. Holler had asked us if has seizures or funny movements of her eyes. You might want to bring up Adam's tremors when you see him again. It's better to be safe than sorry!!!

Well, thanks for sharing your experience and maybe we can meet up soon!!!

Taryn and

Indiana

Adam's casting and poll question

Just wanted to let you guys know that Adam's casting went well. I was prepared for the worst (me in tears)--but it wasn't that bad. Adam's neurosurg is Dr. Frim and we went to Ballert too (small world, Taryn). Our ortho was Tom, not Jim. He was nice. Didn't cut a hole in the stocking ---said Adam could see and breathe through it fine. Adam wasn't freaking out, so neither did I. He did get a little pissy when Tom started to wrap his head like a mummy---but it was all over in 5 min. The hardest decision was which "wall paper" sample to pick for a design. Sounds like you must have picked white--since you're talking about decorating with stickers. I picked zig zag blue lines and colorful animals. We'll have to post pics when we have some. Poor kid didn't get his hair washed at the ortho and daddy didn't do it before bed. (I had to go to work this evening).

We go back on Mon, Oct 14th for the helmet. Hope he likes it....or at least, doesn't hate it. Also hope Cigna pays. Need a letter of med nec from Dr. Frim. I hate his voice mail---can never talk to an actual person!! We'll go back to Frim 2 weeks later to see how the helmet fits.

Someone wrote that they had a big 25# 1 yr old. Well, my almost 6 month old is almost 25 lbs. We'll get the official weight at the pediatrician on Thurs.

Last thing---I want to take a poll--Adam sometimes has tremors when he's nursing. His head and arms tremble/shudder (like shivers when you're cold). It lasts for 5-15 seconds....and happens about once a day now. The ped. thinks it's nothing to worry about...immature nervous system, etc. Although, she did rec an EEG--which came back normal (this was at his 4 mon appt). Not sure what to do from here---other than hope that he grows out of them. My hubby suggests that I'm just looking for things to be wrong with my son. I'm really not!!! just want a healthy boy (with a nice, round head). I'll prob discuss this again with my ped. next Thurs at Adam's 6 mon appt.

Thanks to all of you for welcoming me so warmly. It's kind of fun sifting through 100 e'mails/day. I think I've been tied to this computer too much. Mostly on after Adam is asleep.