Last week, my baby brother went for his MRI. He was born prematurely, and had a communicating hydrocephalus a few months after he was born. The doctors wanted to check on him to see if his spinal cord and brain are fine. We went to Dell Children's Medical Center to have the exam. He had nothing to eat since 7 o'clock last night and boy was he cranky!
On the left picture you can see him trying to find the car keys and wanting to leave. On the right picture we got to change him into a gown and made him draw scribbles on the white board to let the time pass.
I didn't have the after pictures, but he did pretty good. They had to put him on general anesthesia since he had to stay still during the whole procedure (which was 2 hours long! Even I can't stay still for that long!) The results came in yesterday, and I am happy to say that his brain is doing ok, his hydrocephalus was resolved through medications before, and I am glad to hear that he is doing well. His spinal cord is ok, but he does have scoliosis, torticollis and is pigeon chested, which makes us concerned with his lungs. We will schedule him with an orthopedist and find out what they can do to help him.
No comments:
Post a Comment