Yesterday was his weekly appointment. I was praying and hoping for a mini miracle where the therapist would say, oh wow his head grew so much that he is all done this week! No such luck. His head is the exact same size it was last week. This is the first week where his head has not grown at all.
Another concern/dread I have been having is the possibility of needing a second round of wearing the band. I have now met 4 other people whose children went through the process of wearing a band. 3 out of the 4 people had to go through a 2nd round of wearing the band and the 4th was advised to do a second round and she turned it down.
A second round means they wear the band, they grow out of it, and then a second band is made and they go through the entire process again! This is because by the time they finish the first helmet the baby's head is still not round and they have to keep up with the therapy.
I have tried to calm my panic by making excuses for the various people. Perhaps their child was older when they started wearing the band or maybe the parents were not diligent in keeping the helmet on 23 hours of the day.
As our family walked into the office building yesterday a woman around my age was passing by and commented that her child wore a helmet when he was a baby. We talked for a bit and she mentioned that they had 2 helmets (she is one of the 4 I mentioned earlier). Her baby wore the helmet for 5 MONTHS! I asked her how old he was when he started, 4 months! The same age Tidus was when he began his band journey.
I decided to ask the therapist why there seemed to be so many people who had to have a second band made. She gave me the same reasons I was already thinking. They may have been older when they started, they may have had a severely misshapen head to begin with, or other reasons.
Finally, I just voiced my concern. I don't want to get here on his last day and SURPRISE! you are not done yet. THANKFULLY she said that would not happen. If Tidus was going to need to continue with the head shaping therapy we would have already known a few weeks ago. Huzzah! (enter Heavenly angels singing here) I was so relieved!
Here is the best news of the appointment. The therapist said if I start seeing any redness on his head then I can just stop having him wear the band altogether because that means he has grown out of it and he is all done! Of course, this means I have been watching his head like a hawk. Any possibility of redness and I am DONEZO! I even started typing this post with Tidus not wearing his helmet. Ted came in and was very concerned. "Where is Tidus' helmet? Oh there it is," grabbing it off the table, "I put on his helmet okay?" And he walked over to Tidus and proceeded to put his helmet back on his head. I supposed we are not quite done yet.
As you can see I have been having some fun with my fisheye lens. :)
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