Appointment With Neurosurgeon

We had a rather long and busy day yesterday. I left the house at 7:20 to get to Mother's Morning Out. Charlie met us up there at 12:00, we went to Atlanta for Micah's appointment. We did not get to leave there until 4:00. We sat in rush hour on I85 for 1 hour. It took us an entire hour to go 5 miles! That is just crazy! I am so glad that we do not live in Atlanta. We went straight from there to church and finally got home at 8:30. On top of everything else, I had a headache for most of the day, so by the time I got home it felt like a migraine. I relaxed in the hot tub before calling it a day. I hope that his next appointment down there will be a little earlier in the day.

So here is the update from Micah's two month follow-up with his neurosurgeon. He measured Micah's head and checked other things that would indicate that the water around the brain was causing increased cranial pressure. Micah's head has grown some, but not to the extent that it is suspicious of Communicating Hydrocephalus. He does not show other signs of that at this point other then delayed development. He said that there was a huge list of things that could cause developmental delays that would not show up on an MRI. He listened to our concerns and said that he felt an appointment with a neurologist would be appropriate. His pediatrician has already scheduled that, so at this point we are on the right track. That appointment is on the 13th. He felt that the neurologist would do more testing. He has scheduled Micah for a CT scan and a follow-up in three months to make sure that the water around the brain is not increasing. At this point we will take it as good news that he does not have Hydrocephalus, but continue to pray about the unknown. The best news that we received yesterday was that the neurosurgeon said that he thought there was a 50+% chance that Micah may turn out to be a normal child. I know that that is about a half and half chance, but when you go for a while thinking that there is definitely something wrong with your child...that is encouraging news. So we are still waiting and praying, but we cling to the hope that God is in control and He has a very special plan for Micah.

The even better news of the day was received when we got home and listened to our messages. There was a message from Micah's pediatrician’s office, saying that they have gotten an earlier appointment for him to see the ENT for tubes. He is now going on March 9th instead of April 10th. He has had the same double ear infections since December 19th, so hearing that news makes me want to turn cartwheels!! I couldn't do that with a headache last night, so I might have to go do that right now. :)