The Beginning

When our son was born we were immediatly blessed. After the long labor process only to end up in a C-Section we were finally able to hold our little boy whom we had prayed for, dreamed about, and talked to for months. I remember holding him in my arms and crying in the hospital as I prayed for God to put his MIGHTY hands around him. I held him so close and knew that God was holding our family just as close. We have cherished every step that we have been through from the first smile, laugh, real food, roll over, tooth, sitting up, and all the hugs and kisses. Each time we see him meet a milestone and pass it ever so quickly we wonder where has the time gone.

When Grady was born we had noticed that the back of his head was not rounding out like my 3 nephews has done. It seemed at little "Flat". We had asked his doctor about it and we were just told that it would round out with time so we tried to brush it off as being over protective first time parents. Let me tell you that there is not such thing! Garth and I decided that we should try a different pediatrician for our son because I felt like we were not being heard. Garth was continuing to mention that Grady's head was still "flat" but we kept telling ourselves that we were just being over protective.

At Grady's 6 month check up with his new doctor, whom I love, all was fine except that she mentioned that his head was "Flat"(hmmm I wonder where we heard that before.) This is called "Positional Plagiocephaly" or "Flat Head Syndrome." She decided to send us to a specialist.
When we got home from the appointment we went straight to our computer and started researching everything we could find so that we could have as much documentation as possible when the day came for our appointment with the specialist. I found info about positioning which we had already started and we took pictures. I found some other information but I wanted more and more and more. I really wanted to find a blog to see who else was going through this. But, I did not find much. I did however find that Grady would probably have to wear and helmet (yes a helmet.) I know I should not worry about what other people think but lets face it everyone does! My first thought was that I will keep him in the house for as long as he has it on his head. I am a little better now.

Well today was our appoinment with the Neurosurgeon (yikes.) The doctor was wonderful and so was everyone that we met there. We soon found out that we were all correct he does have Plagio. He will be in a helmet but we do not know how long. We were told over and over that insurance will probably not cover the expences because it is considered "cosmetic" but we want to proceed anyway. I called the Orthopedic's office as soon as we got home to find out how much money we were talking because I had heard it could be anywhere from $3000-$5000, but I was told that it is $1700 at this particular place. Still a lot of money but totally worth it. So we have our next appoinment for another evaluation on Thursday. I will post again when we have more information.