Getting Bigger!

The kids went for their 18 month visit and shots today. Cooper was 33 inches tall (75%) and weighed 25 lbs 8 oz (40%). Sydney was 30.5 inches tall (20%) and weighed 20 lbs 5 oz (3%). Quinn was 34 inches tall (90%) and weighed 25 lbs (40%). He was pleased with all of their progress except Cooper's head circumference is growing at a disproportionate rate, which isn't what we wanted to hear. Cooper sees the Neurosurgeon next week for his follow up, but they hadn't planned for any kind of a scan for that visit. We'll have to see if they want to check one
now that we know his head is getting too big, above the 100%. Now we have to start worrying again about if this means he will need a permanent shunt for his hydrocephalus (extra fluid in the ventricles of his brain). While a shunt may not sound bad, it entails numerous surgeries as the child grows to make the shunt long enough to empty itself, there is a fairly high rate of infections and failure of the shunt, which can also mean surgeries and hospitalizations and even in the worst case, permanent brain damage. So, not what we really were hoping to hear! There is always a rain cloud ready to roll in in life, I guess! We'll keep you posted as we know the plan!