Are you all wondering whether I've had liposuction? Or maybe if my colitis has been cured? Or that I've grown five inches? No. Dr. Adler is neither a plastic surgeon nor a gastroenterologist. Dr. Adler is a pediatric neurosurgeon.
Last month when we brought Lovebug in for his 12 month check up, his pediatrician was worried about his head shape. Specifically, that the plates might have fused too early. Unfortunately, we were moving less than a week after the appointment - so we had to get it checked out in NJ. The pediatrician here was also concerned. He wanted us to see a neurosurgeon - to skip the in-between step of the neurologist altogether. Naturally, our (affordable) insurance is not accepted by most doctors in Bergen County. The ones that did accept our insurance could see us in October.
By that point, I had done some research. While Lovebug's head did not resemble any of the mis-shapen heads of babies with craniosynostosis, I was still worried. If they did not fix it soon, there could be pressure on his brain. So between my mother talking to her doctor, a doctor he knew (and his kind appointment maker) and me talking to my insurance company, we found a pediatric neurologist. I made the regular pediatrician give us a referral to the pediatric neurologist.
Yesterday we went to our first appointment. Dr.Adler came out to the waiting room and brought us back to the exam room himself. He was warm, kind and clear. There's nothing wrong with our son. He has a bumpy head. Dr.Adler explained everything in layman's terms and even offered to show us pictures of babies with real problems on his computer (we declined, having already seen them). The bottom line was that while Lovebug's sutures (the space between the skull plates) may have fused early, this had not affected his head size (which is very large, to tell the truth), his head shape (round) or his behavior (since he walks, talks a bit and does not have seizures).
After imagining MRIs and CT scans, rounds with specialists and surgery, yesterday's appointment could not have gone better. But if something had been wrong, you can bet for damn sure that I would want Dr.Adler to fix it.
Thank you, Dr.Adler.
It's been 7 years seen we freaked out over nothing. Lovebug is just fine.
1 comment:
wow, this is very interesting to me. I have never heard this term before, but my youngest sister is adopted. she had to have surgery when she was little (1 or 2?) because her soft spot had grown together too early. I was a kid so that is really all I know. I wonder if it is a form of this?
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