Our Sunshine Boys: Evan's helmet

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Evan's helmet

Evan was evaluated for his degree of plagiocephaly aka "flattened head" this past Tuesday. I didn't have my camera with me... can you believe it? I had Chad take this with his camera because we had to capture this funny moment. They put this skull cap on him and these shades to take measurements and pictures.

Go Speed Racer GO!

He is supposed to wear this helmet at least 21 hours a day for 4-6 months. Our next evaluation will be in October to check his progress. The helmet is supposed to help round his head out.

He seems to be OK with it. Hasn't changed his happy outlook on life.

2 comments:

Angela - Life w/ Two Busy Boys said...: Evan looks super cute!!!; August 8, 2008 at 8:18 AM
Anonymous said...: Aww, those are such cute pics of Evan! He's a cute little blessing :); August 11, 2008 at 12:46 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.