Our Sunshine Boys: Medical Update for Evan

Friday, June 20, 2008

Medical Update for Evan

Evan had a doctor's appointment yesterday.

He is now 10 lbs 12.5 ounces.

What a chunk!

The doctor is referring us to Wake Forest to get a band for his head because he has plagiocephaly. We have to be cleared from hydrocephalus first. He has an MRI on July 8th. If he does not have hydrocephalus we can go get a band to help shape his head. If he does have hydrocephalus he would need a shunt and he could not have the band on his head too.

Our doc has also referred us to a pediatric urologist for his circumcision. Poor guy can't get a break.

It is so hard to believe that he is 7 months old already. WOW!

He had to have 3 shots. His big brothers were there to hold his hands through the traumatic event.

Here is the crew at the doc's office

(obviously before the nurse came in and tortured him)

Here is a photo Chad took a week or so ago...and you can see Evan's head shape in it.

1 comment:

Drea said...: Hes got a head like Caleb :-) love the group pic, so cute!; June 20, 2008 at 11:13 PM

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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.