Tuesday, March 3, 2009

A bump in the road.

So some of you know this, some may not. The last couple of weeks we have noticed this weird bump in the middle of Zoey's forehead. I thought nothing of it for a few days since it was hard and I could tell it was her skull. I thought it was probably just her head forming. Well people kept saying how weird it looked and my mom especially thought I needed to get it checked. I still thought it was fine and went a few more days. For some reason it was just still in the back of my mind that I needed to take her to the doctor. Finally this past Thursday I made an appt. with the Dr. He said that he was so glad that I brought her in and that she needed to have a Cat Scan right away. He was worried that she might have something called Craniosynostosis. (big word huh) anyway, it's when the plates in babies heads pre-maturely close and cover up the soft spot. He was also worried that if it wasn't that, then it was most likely swelling on her brain. I was so upset. I went home that night and researched it and read that it can cause all kinds of mental retardation, and developmental problems with the brain. We were so worried. We took her to the hospital Friday morning for her Cat Scan, and they said that they would call us that afternoon with her results. If the test came back positive she would then have to go to Primary Childrens for surgery. Jenner and I sat around all day waiting until we finally heard word at 5:00 that everything was fine! I can't even tell you what a relief and blessing it is that she is okay! I am so grateful for the power of the priesthood, and that everything worked out. The doc says she may just have a funny bump on her head for a while, they don't really know why, but he was confident that the Cat Scan showed no sign of brain problems or plates closing. He also said in a worse case scenario she may just need some bangs. haha. We are so lucky! Thank you to everyone who said a prayer for us!
Anyway after a long day of waiting, and waiting, and waiting, we were all exhausted to say the least.

10 comments:

sunni said...

Wow I am so sorry you had to go through all that, that's awful! Glad everything is ok!

lauren said...

my mom got me up to speed on this whole sitch and i'm glad everything turned out ok.

Greg and Ali said...

Megs, I can't believe how long she is. She is just skinny minny, but longer than ever. Zoey is just adorable and we love her.

Nellie said...

Yikes, Meg -- how scarey! SO glad all is well . . .

Brit said...

oh how scary. I'm so glad everything is ok! Your hair cut is cute:)

Gomez Family said...

Scary! I am soooo glad that everything is ok! Also, I love your hair! Super cute!

Dan and Al Gardner said...

I'm glad everything is okay. That Happend to my friend Jamie's little brother, he had to do the surgery and wear a helmet. He is just fine though.

Kelly and Bryce said...

Hey, im glad she's ok! Ya now I am really glad that Melissa is on Dancing with the Stars! Im a little sad that the show is over though :(

Kensie said...

oh my goodness meg, I had no idea. I am so sorry. Thank goodness everything is okay and that there is nothing wrong.

Kensie said...

PS your hair looks so good. Who did it? Aubrie?