I've been dreading this one. He's getting surgery for craniosynostosis. Basically, that means one of the sutures of Gage's skull has fused already (he's 3 months old), making his skull grow long and narrow. The surgery is to release the suture and reshape his head. You can see in the picture below how long his head is. My husband just calls that streamlined. Say he belongs on the swim or track team. We've got at least a two day hospital stay ahead of us. I'm just glad it's a local hospital. Only a few doctors dothis particular surgery nationwide, so we are very lucky to not need to travel for this one.
"streamlined"...I like that! Three months old- at least he wont be frigtened and nervous going in. I hope everything goes well.
Take care and good luck, you and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. i can't even imagine.
Oh Steph, You must be dreading it. They seem so tiny and fragile at that age. In reality they are tough little buggers and Gage´ll get through it fine. I´m sure all the doctors have told you that. God bless and we´ll see you back here next week.
I've seen numbers from 1 in 2000 to 1 in 4700. Three times as many boys as girls get it, and it's more common in premature babies. So, while it's not that rare, it's not that common either. We're lucky. From what I've read, the doctors we used helped to pioneer the endoscopic technique they'll be using. Much less invasive than the old style surgery, and if Gage were even 6 months old, they'd have to do the old style. So I'm very, very grateful this was caught so very young.
Since a babies skull is so soft if they catch it in time he could be normal in no time, we wish you the best SF