A New Pediatrician - Concerns Finally Addressed

    Meeting Dr. Matsumoto was a welcomed breath of fresh air. She too was very concerned about Logan's failure to thrive. We no longer needed to try to "convince" the doctor that something was not right. She felt we needed to address of our concerns aggressively and diagnosed Logan with "microcephaly". Mom and Dad knew something was not right but we had no idea it was potentially this serious.

    In essence, microcephaly describes the syndrome that has many possible causes. His head may not be growing because 1 – his cranial sutures have fused, not allowing the brain to expand and develop as needed, or 2 – his brain is not developing and growing as it should therefore not expanding at a normal rate, or 3 – there are metabolic and/or gastric disorders that are delaying his growth or 4 – there are genetic disorders causing the problem.
   

    Our first step was to have skull x-rays taken to ensure Logan's cranial sutures were open and had not fused yet. I'm unsure if any of you have had the pleasure of trying to hold still a wiggly 13 month old so a rather slow x-ray tech can snap about 8 films of your baby's melon. Oh, keep in mind that the head must remain perfectly still and at just the right angle... After about 30 minutes and a clingy baby deathly afraid of an x-ray table, we got the shots we needed and everything looked good and open, ruling out cause #1 above.