Posted by Katie
on 4/29/2009, 10:17 pm, in reply to "Head Size"
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Hi Courtney.
im so glad someone else has posted about head circ. well not really, i hope everything is fine, but you know what i mean...
My son is almost 9 mos and is 95th/97th ish percentile for head (47 cm) 25th ish for weight and height. What is your daughter's head circ at?
Geneticists explained their concern to me and told me to have a ct scan of his head scheduled for him asap. They said this could be something known as hydrocephalus-meaning excess fluid in certain chambers of the brain. and that was that..i planned the ct and sat and waited those 2 weeks for the scan. I was so worried. i knew nothing about it except that most kids with this need shunts(which is brain surgery) in their head to redirect this fluid. I had no idea what his chances were of having it, the risks of shunts, the risks of pressure build up on the brain, or what else a large hed size would mean. I had trouble finding much out about it and they told me just to wait and see what the scan showed. I'm not telling you this to scare you, just giving you the info i collected. i hope your daughter is scheduled for a scan as well. Also, make sure to find out if larger heads run in your family, that could be all it is.
Anyway if you'd like to know the outcome in our situation, the neurologists just said he has more "space" between the brain and skull, than most have for his age. but we are not in the clear just yet. He will have to return every other month to moniter this "space" and dr.s' say they should have a diagnosis, if any, by the time he is 2. I wasnt too happy about this explaination, and am still a little confused. But i am trying not to worry about something that may or may not be and just enjoying my son. If you have any questions i can try and answer them but this is pretty new to me too. You can email me as well. Please keep me updated, I'd like to know how shes doing and what explainations drs give you!!!
-Katie & Dustyn
--Previous Message--
: My daughter is 10 months old with PRS. when
: she was born she her weight was not even
: onthe graph that pediatricians have. Now
: her weight has jumped all the way to 50th
: percentile but her head has grown above the
: 95th percentile, and the doctors are
: concerned, what are they concerned about?
: are there any associated conditions
: involving a prominant forehead?
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