Re: Graduation Day!

[Guest guest]

Actually, I just realized that WOULDN'T make you feel better! Now

you're going to think you have to worry about keeping your son off

his head until he's married or something! I guess I just wanted to

share something I just learned. It made me feel a little better

learning that their heads reach full size at about 16 or 17 and the

skull fuses at 25 or 26, meaning there is a lot of time for natural

rounding out. More than I thought originally when doctors kept

telling me it " would work itself out. " I kept thinking it would be

rounded out by 2, maybe 3. Having said all that, I'm still banding

my son and he's already 16.5 months. He gets casted on Monday, so

here's hoping his head DOESN'T fuse by 18 months, or we're just

wasting our time!

in Raleigh

(mom to Jake)

> > >

> > > Hi everyone, I didn't post here often but lurked alot and I

have

> > learned so much here. My son graduated from his Hanger

helmet

> on

> > wednesday! He was banded just after 4 months old for brachy and

we

> > are finally done after 3 1/2 months in the helmet, which he

> basically

> > just outgrew. His CI went from 98% to 85%, which we are thrilled

> > about, and his assymetry completely resolved. With a CI of 85,

his

> > head of course isn't completely normal, but now at least its

really

> > not noticeable unless you know what you're looking for. Unlike

> before

> > the helmet, when random strangers would ask about his weird head

> > shape. His head and face look so much better! Its funny I was so

> > excited for this day but now I kind of miss his helmet. It was a

> big

> > part of him for so long (almost half his life) that now it almost

> > seems like something is missing! I'm going to try to post his

> before

> > and after pictures under R, although I tried once before

and

> it

> > didn't work. Anyway, even though I

> > > didn't post much, I just wanted to say thanks for all of the

> > information that gets shared here; it made me feel so much better

> > about our decision to go through with this.

> > >

> > > , mom to , brachy

> > > Hanger grad 1/23/08!!!!

> > > Cincinnati, Ohio

> > >

> > >

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