Our Sunshine Boys: Evan's head ultrasound

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Evan's head ultrasound

Evan had another ultrasound today to see if there has been any change in the size of his ventricles. They said it didn't look very much different from the last one. The last one showed enlarged ventricles and we ended up at Duke to get a CT scan to look for hydrocephalus. They said he has mild ventriculomegaly(sp?). Which very well could turn inbto hydrocephalus due to family history. We will wait to see if the pediatrician calls us about any changes. We have a follow-up at Duke in a couple of weeks anyway. I look forward to another weight check. I'm thinkin' he is about 7 1/2 lbs right now.

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About the boys

As of 3/31/08

Ryan is 4 1/2 years old. He is in preschool and loves every minute of it. He loves to color and he loves Larry Boy, the superhero from Veggie Tales.

Jack is almost 3 and he is the aggressive one. He likes to pick on his older brother. Even though he picks on Ryan, he likes to do whatever his big brother does.

Evan is 4 months old but is the size of an average newborn. He was born 9 weeks early. He was only 1 lb 15 ounces and 12 1/2 inches long at birth.

All of the boys have had their medical issues.

Ryan was diagnosed at birth with hydrocephalus. He was shunted at 3 days old. That shunt failed at about a year old. That is when the docs performed a third ventriculostomy. That failed one month later and was redone. His last surgery was January 2009 when he was 5. He has MRI's annually to make sure the hydrocephalus is under control.

Jack was diagnosed at 3 months old with hydrocephalus. He was shunted immediately but that shunt failed at 7 months old. They performed a third ventriculostomy and he has not had another surgery since. He has MRI's once a year.

Evan was born Intrauterine Growth Restricted(IUGR). He was born at 31 weeks 3 days gestational age. He was only 1 lb 15 ounces and he spent almost 2 months in the NICU.