London had his "Digital Surface Imaging" (DSI) appointment on Thursday. Kary and I were prepared for exactly what was going to happen and even had London watch the video with us at cranialtech.com
It was basically just a photo shoot while London wore pantyhose over his head. They put them on his head to smooth out any hair (although he has very little) and kind of squish everything down so you can really see the head shape. Kary and I were instructed to sit in a chair and not bring attention to ourselves to distract London. That was really hard because I was cracking up so hard I was in tears. He was trying to stick his tongue out through the netting and the technicians were flashing toys and lights all over the place and he was sitting there like a little slobbery monster. The staff there is amazing! There is a woman named Mary who is super sweet and we were lucky to have her be the technician that worked with us and held London while they did the images. She said he was the quickest most cooperative baby (although she may say that to everyone) After a few minutes we went back in the room and reviewed the images. It was so cool and once again funny. The images looked like a London baby doll and at one point they turned him completely metallic and were spinning the image around. He was such a good boy and we let him hold a D-band and explained to him that he'll get his in 2 weeks. We scheduled his next appointment for March 24th at 3:00 and that's when we'll go home with the helmet. We took London to a few art stores last weekend and found some great pirate stickers. We will probably give the helmet a few different looks for the duration of treatment, we're not totally sure how we're going to decorate yet. In any case, he'll look adorable. The techs said he will most likely only wear it for about 8 weeks but maybe a bit longer. We are actually excited to get it on and then get it off :-) London also has surgery in about a month. I am getting very nervous about it and just want to get it over with. So, the next few months will be a crazy challenging time for sweet London. But, he has proven that he just goes with the flow and smiles through it all. He is truly amazing! I could not have asked for a more perfect little human to share my life with :-)
This is the machine that took his photos. He sat on the little stool.
This is what London is diagnosed with, he has both flat head syndromes.
This is what a doc band looks like.
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