I emailed this to a lot of you who read this blog already but I think that the more people praying the better. . . the words in bold type were not included on the email.
Dear Family and Friends,
I had a hard day yesterday. I think that it was made harder due to the fact that we woke up at 4:40am and I was really tired but it was hard none the less.
(We woke up at 4:40am because a friend of ours bought us Canucks tickets for the Sunday game . . . SOOO fun. Sawyer's paediatrician appointment was for 10am Monday morning so that meant catching the 7am ferry, hence the very early wake up :) )
I took Sawyer to the paediatrician to have a look at his head. It is (and always has been) oval shaped instead of round. This in itself isn't concerning but he has really never had a soft spot (called a Fontanel) on the front of his head. This spot is only supposed to close at about a year. It also seems like his head bones are beginning to fuse together already. These two things mean that the brain is growing out to the front of his head and to the back of his head because there isn't the room for it to expand like it normally should (causing the oval shape). He is doing everything that a three month old should be doing and more so they are almost totally certain that the brain is growing as it should be so far and that is good.
He will be having a CT scan here in Victoria and going to the head clinic at Children's Hospital in Vancouver within the next two weeks to see what the next step will be. Best case scenario
is that the bones have not began to fuse together but rather it is just the membranes (which are pliable)that have been fusing. If this is the case he will have a band made for his head that will force the head to grow rounder. If however the bones have already begun to fuse together he will need to have a surgery to seperate those bones, allowing the head and brain to grow properly. These thoughts are really hard for me. I know he is in good hands, most importantly GOD's and also those of the doctors at Children's hospital but I am still a little scared and kinda overwhelmed.
Sawyer and I have had several "conversations" about this and throughout them all he just "coos" and smiles, I think he is reminding me that God is in complete control so why worry, right?!
I'll update you all as I learn new information.
Please keep us in your prayers.
Thanks so much!!!!!!
Yesterday was Riley's third birthday, thanks to everyone who made it a great day for him. We went bowling and then to Gabe and Ang's for a bbq. Good times with great friends. One of his presents was a fisher-price digital camera. The boys really enjoyed taking pictures with it. Here are a few sample pictures.
The pediatrician just called this evening and said that the CT scan came back "EXCELLENT"! She said that the bones that she was worried about haven't joined together and that the brain is developing perfectly as it should. There is no pressure anywhere on the brain either which can happen when a baby doesn't have a fontanel. So, she will be in contact with people at Children's about a "band" for the head that would help it learn where to grow but it looks like NO surgery in Sawyer's head!!! Praise the Lord. I know that he would have been fine had he needed the surgery but I feel so good knowing that he won't need it. Thanks so much to everyone for your prayers for my baby!!!
This is a picture of Cory's Grandma holding Sawyer in April when we were in Winnipeg. So precious. I love them both so much!
A couple of exciting things have happened during the last couple of weeks that have kinda been neglected because of everything going on with Sawyer but I have to tell you all about my MAN . . . first of all, we had our 7 year anniversary on April 29 and he still loves me. . yay! (I love you too Cory) Secondly, Cory got hired for his article at the Attorney General of BC!!! This was his first choice of articles and was a difficult one to get. He flew back from a week long visit to Winnipeg in order to interview for the position and it turns out that was well worth all of the airmiles and hassle. He was one of five people hired from about 130 or so that applied. This means that we will be in Victoria for at least one more year!!!! The job will start in January 2008 or May 2008 and will be one year long. Congratulations Babe, way to work hard, I love you!
