EDMONTON--getting helmet tomorrow

July 12, 2006

Hi, I posted a while back, I'm in Edmonton and my son has

plagio/brachy and is getting a helmet tomorrow. He has been casted

already. He's 8 months old.

I'm totally worried. He was supposed to get the helmet today; however

there was some shipping problem and he will get it tomorrow

(Wednesday) instead. The problem is, we're leaving for holidays on

Thursday to Saskatchewan for 10 days (7 hours from home). I'm

completely terrified that it won't fit properly, that we're going to

have sleep problems, etc.

I was hoping we'd get his helmet on today so we could at least have

two nights at home and I could get a better idea if it fit perfect or

if there were red spots or anything that we could get adjusted before

we leave. But now if we get it tomorrow, and there's fit problems,

what do I do??? Take it off for the next 10 days? I am sure they'll

probably go over some of this tomorrow at our appt. but I'm so nervous

and anxious about how this is going to go. I just want it to go the

best it can for my son. I thought about getting the helmet after

holidays, but he'll be almost 9 months old then and that window of

opportunity is getting smaller. I felt his skull today and the top

fontanelle (sp?!) feels like it's almost closed, about the size of a

raisin. I hope it's not too late to help correct his head.

I'm completely stressed. Any reassurance would be appreciated!!

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