(Clearly I need to repaint the helmet!)We had another helmet appointment today and we have improved by another 1.5mm! We are down from 14mm assymetry to just 5.5mm! This means that if we brought Jameson into Hanger today they would not helmet him (the lowest they helmet is a 6mm). I am super happy with how far he has come and you can really see a huge difference in his head.
These are scans of his head from Hanger. The first scan was taken during our first appointment there when Jameson was fitted for the helmet (at 14mm assymetry). The second scan was taken two weeks ago at our halfway point in the treatment (he had reached 7mm assymetry). You can see how his head is filling out on the back left side and becoming less flat. You can also see how much fuller his head is from the profile view. It even looks like his ear had shifted, but we think that is a trick of the photo (that's what the orthotist thought at least, especially because we wouldn't see a change like that this early). He still has a slight bulge in his forehead and the orthotist has been focusing on molding the helmet to treat that. She is very happy with the progress he has made and it has only been two months! We are looking at about another two months in the helmet, which means he won't even have to spend his first birthday in it.
(If you click on these scans you can see them bigger)
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