No Synostosis Worries for Nathan
I completely forgot to mention that I spoke with Dr. Tye's office about Nathan's head. He does not have synostosis of the sagittal suture.
When I was reading up on synostosis, I found out that it can be genetic in nature so, being paranoid at this point in time, I checked Nathan's head. I found that he also has a ridge up his forehead indicating early closure of the metopic suture. So I took him to his doctor who ordered X-rays and you can see the ridge leading to the anterior fontanelle but I couldn't tell past that point what was going on. (It didn't help that Nathan was uncooperative during the X-rays). The X-rays were sent to Dr. Tye (who at this point must be an expert in wiggly-child X-rays) who assured me that Nathan did not have closure of the sagittal suture like Peter does. Whew! Talk about relief! Worrying about Peter is enough.
When I was reading up on synostosis, I found out that it can be genetic in nature so, being paranoid at this point in time, I checked Nathan's head. I found that he also has a ridge up his forehead indicating early closure of the metopic suture. So I took him to his doctor who ordered X-rays and you can see the ridge leading to the anterior fontanelle but I couldn't tell past that point what was going on. (It didn't help that Nathan was uncooperative during the X-rays). The X-rays were sent to Dr. Tye (who at this point must be an expert in wiggly-child X-rays) who assured me that Nathan did not have closure of the sagittal suture like Peter does. Whew! Talk about relief! Worrying about Peter is enough.
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