Neat CT scans

Here are some really neat pictures of Elijah's skull from the 3D scan on the 8th. Well, at least *I* think they're neat! LOL!



Looking at the top of his head. You can see his face at the bottom of the picture. This shows his fontanel on top, his skull sutures(not fused! Awesome news!) and his shunt.


The back of his head. You can see the hole where his encephalocele was and is almost gone! :c)


Looking at the back of his head. You see the encephalocele again and can start to see how the bottom left is a little bigger than the bottom right.


Again from the back. The part on the left is more visible here. You can see both the encephalocele and the fontanel at the top of his head in this picture, as well as his shunt on the right side of the picture.


The white spot is his shunt. You can see another part of it as a white spot on the right of the picture. The dark area is what is left of the fluid in his brain. Look at all that beautiful brain!


This is a picture from his CT when he was born. Look how far he has come in a year!! :cD (His head is the same size now as it was when he was born.) The dark part is fluid. You can also see how thin(and non-existent in some places) his skull was in the back.

Elijah's neurosurgeon is going to watch the back of Elijah's head where it is a bit deformed. He isn't going to have him wear a helmet because after a certain age it isn't as helpful, plus it is a bit risky to use a helmet on a kid that has a shunt. So, we're going to watch it and hope it evens itself out by the time he is 3 or 4.