Posted by Lori
on 4/30/2009, 9:44 am, in reply to "Re: Head Size"
68.248.227.98
My son is also in the 95% for head but only 25% for both height and weight. So far none of his doctors seem worried about it, since both parents have large heads, as well as other family memembers. He's already had several CT scans done for his jaw distraction so I'm sure they would have told me if they saw anything to worry about.
--Previous Message--
: 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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