big head......

so in addition to casey's ear infection woes, the doctor was also a little concerned about her head size......apparently she has been on one "curve" all along, and at her appointment last week she jumped to the next curve.......both curves are within the normal range, but apparently it's bizarre that at this age for them to jump up a curve.......so the doctor arranged for casey to have an ultrasound done on her head.......apparently because the soft spot hasn't completely closed yet, they can do the ultrasound (otherwise they'd have to sedate her and do a CAT scan - that's why the doc didn't want to wait, she didn't want her to be sedated).......the doc was worried about something called hydrocephalis - basically it's when a ventricle in the brain gets blocked and doesn't drain the fluid right, causing the fluid to leak out.......in babies this results in their head getting bigger, because it hasn't "set" yet........if it is hydrocephalis, then they have to do surgery to put a shunt in to help the ventricle drain properly........so some serious stuff.......anyway, she had her ultrasound today and both the technician and the ultrasound doc said everything looked totally normal and ruled out hydrocephalis.......apparently she's just taking after her dad and getting a big head.......i'm so crazy relieved.......it was so scary thinking something serious was wrong with her.......i know i'll go through this about a million more times in my journey as a mom so i better get used to the anxiety!.......