Jameson has been fitted for his hearing aid, we should be getting it in a couple weeks. We also meet with his new hearing teacher next Thursday. She'll be working with him on ways to help him communicate and tell us what he wants/likes/etc. It will be a fun process letting him slowly learn how to express himself, I'll make sure to take a video of the first time he gets his hearing aid on. :)
I've now sent little man's MRI scans to doctors in Philadelphia and Seattle that are working with us on hopefully a diagnosis. We met with neurosurgery this week and thankfully he agreed to no surgery for the time being. The main issue is that little man's brain has more spinal fluid within and around it than what should be there. How they resolve this is to place a shunt that drains the fluid from the brain down into the abdomen where it's re-absorbed into the body. The question remains, is the excess fluid in his brain doing any harm or is it just there? We'll be getting another MRI in 6 months to see if the fluid is increasing or staying the same, and whether we can continue to simply monitor it. Either way, when a doctor says "no surgery", you say thank God and keep hoping for the same!
By the way, little man is sooooo close to sitting on his own. The head control is getting much better. He is sleeping quite consistently now and we're very close to weaning him off his sleep medication! I'm researching a lot about blended diets and how amazingly kiddos can progress once they've started getting those natural foods like fruit, veggies, protein, etc. I'm excited to get started and see where we go from here!!
Thanks everyone for stopping by and checking in on little man's progress, we'll keep you all updated as we continue our medical adventures! :)
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