Halloween's Coming!

As promised, if a little bit late, this installment of Dylan's Den brings you the Halloween costume selection poll...

Barbara has found several costumes that she simply could not decide between. I wasn't much help deciding, and neither was Dylan.

So... the choice is yours, dear reader. Help us decide which costume Dylan will be wearing for trick or treating at his Grandparent's house and his Nana's job.

Once you've seen the pictures below, make your choice and vote in the poll to the right. I understand that some have had difficulties posting comments and voting in the polls. If you do, feel free to email Barbara at babyfundsales@aol.com with you costume choice.







In other news, Dylan had an appointment for a physical therapy/occupational therapy evaluation this past Monday. It was something that had been mentioned long ago in the in the NICU, but his previous pediatrician had never addressed it. Barbara and I were looking forward to getting a professional opinion regarding Dylan's progress thus far.

Tricia and Erin, the physical therapist and the occupational therapist both thought that Dylan was incredibly cute, and who could blame them for that? They also though that he was doing very well overall. He does have some weakness n his left side that Tricia feels can be addressed with some PT work. It's nothing extreme, but it's something we'd like to address before it could possibly stand in his way of doing something, like learning to crawl. I imagine if he was significantly weaker in his left side, and he was learning to crawl, he might just end up going in circles. We'd rather not have that, if possible.

So, he'll be attending PT sessions every Tuesday and Thursday for 30 min each session. As he progresses and Tricia is able to see how well the therapy works, the frequency may drop to once a week or less, or even to home based therapy that Barbara and I do with Dylan with only follow up visits at the office. We're looking forward to seeing how this pans out over the next few months.

Speaking of doctors, Dylan also has an appointment to see a neurosurgeon next Wednesday. It's not about anything new, though. As part of the confusion regarding the visit to the neurologist, the scheduling of the MRI and subsequent cancellation of it, we set up this appointment to meet with a neurosurgeon, who would be the expert regarding Dylan's hydrocephalus, to have an exam and evaluation done, as well as set a "starting point" in case he did need additional attention regarding that issue. It certainly seems like the whole hydrocephalus thing is a non-issue, but we'd rather a professional take a look and tell us that. Dylan hasn't shown any of the typical signs of difficulties stemming from hydrocephalus, and his head growth has been normal, so we really don't have any cause for concern. We'll let you know how that turns out, of course.

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