First, we need to rewind a couple weeks. On June 7, Lydia fell off some playground equipment, hitting the back of her head on a metal bar on the way down. She immediately developed a large bump on the back of her head. As a precaution, Sarah took her to the emergency room.
The ER doctor ordered a CT scan to make sure there was no damage from the impact/fall. The CT scan confirmed that there was no damage. The radiologist that read the CT did say that she has "mild hydrocephalus".
On June 16, Lydia had her first visit with the neurosurgeon (Dr. Mapstone). He read the CT scan and said that Lydia has "enlarged ventricles" (Dr. Mapstone reserves the diagnosis of "hydrocephalus" for conditions that actually require treatment via a shunt). At this point, there is no evidence to suggest that she needs a shunt. He was very pleased with all that he observed, even to the point of questioning whether she ever had a myelomeningocele (the diagnosis included in her medical report from China). He said we really cannot tell anything for certain without an MRI (he ordered a complete MRI--we are on waiting list to hopefully get that done within the next month or two).
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