Preston caught his first cold on Tuesday. He woke up in the morning like nothing was wrong, ready to play, and into everything as usual. Mid afternoon his nose started to run... And run... And run. Within an hour he was not feeling so good. I called his Dr. and she told me to watch his temp and just make him as comfortable as possible. Now, this is the first time Preston has had any type of illness at all... And I was freaking out. After telling the Dr ALL my concerns (and there was whole lot of them) she told me that I needed to relax and I would look back on this in a couple months and laugh... We shall see about that! After two days of hanging low and a dose of ibuprofen before bed, he was feeling back to normal by Thursday. He still has a little bit of congestion but at least he is back to playing non stop and happy.
The second thing (and the super SUPER exciting one) is that Preston is now helmet free! Before he started feeling bad on Tuesday he had a helmet appointment. At Preston's last physical therapy session, Cathy said she thought that he would be getting his helmet off this week because he has improved so drastically, but we wouldn't know until he got his head scanned and the numbers came in. When we got to his appointment his Dr said that it was too early to get his helmet off because he has only had it on for about two months and to expect to go home with the helmet on. Then it was time to get his head scanned... And everyone in the office could not believe his numbers. When we first got the helmet his ears were off my 9.9mm. The normal range is 0mm-5mm. Preston's ears are now at 3.3mm and his head has grown 12.5mm in the last two months. His Dr said he has never had a baby improve so much so quickly and told us that Preston's plageo is now 100% corrected! *Total proud Mommy moment*
When we were checking out and saying our goodbyes to Dr. Dwane and his awesome staff, a mother and father walked in with their 5 month old baby boy. The mother was almost in tears . This was their first visit to Dr. Dwane and their little man was about to start his helmet process. She looked at Preston and then at me, and we had a major mommy-eye language-code experience. Her somber looked turned to a smile as I told her it was the best decision we could have made and worth every cent. She told her little boy that he was going to have a round head just like Preston in a few months. There was not an ounce of me that was lying to her. It truly was that best decision. That helmet was the worst smelling, rash causing, annoying, BEST piece of plastic ever!
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