So far so good

Yesterday I took Manel to the pediatric surgeon, mainly to rule out a congenital torticollis. And we were successful at that. He says Manel’s neck is fine, his movement range is fine, and the only reason he looks right all the time is because he’s used to it. We are doing all the right things to change that and I even think we are starting to see some improvement.

Then we talked about the other scenario, which is that his skull bones are not closing properly and he would need a helmet or eventually surgery to correct it. This is not his specialty and he says that if either the x-ray or the ultrasound should show anything suspicious we should go to a neurosurgeon. However, his opinion is that the flat head is merely an esthetical issue which will get better once he starts being upright more often and once he’s used to looking left. He told me several times it was most likely nothing to worry about.

So we’re a lot less worried now. We’ll wait for the results on the ultrasound and x-ray to be absolutely sure but I’m sure we’ll sleep a lot better now.