CranioFacial Clinic

This morning we had an appointment with the Craniofacial Clinic. Aimee's skull size is very small, however, it is not due to a premature bonding of the sutures of her skull (which is what we were concerned about). However, the reason that her head is so small is because her brain has not been growing at a normal rate. During pregnancy it was developing correctly, but after birth for some reason it changed. The doctor said that this is normally due to some injury, but she hasn't had any. He doesn't think it is a metabolic cause, because she has not been going backwards in development, just very slowly forward. Just in case though, she will still be tested for metabolic causes. It sounds like it is more likely a gene or chromosomal issue. Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like they know much about the development of the brain. He did tell us that it is very likely that she will suffer long term effects, however, it is very unlikely that we will know ahead of time what those will be.
From here we will most likely go in for a brain MRI and blood tests to prepare for our appointment with the Neurodevelopmental Clinic.