The day after he was born his pediatrician did a hospital visit. After looking him over for a few minutes, he diagnosed him with a premature closing of his sutures, or Saggital Craniosynostosis. We were informed that he would have to have surgery when he was around 3 months old. I have put a couple links under the "LINKS" heading in case you would like to read more about it.

A few days later we went to Children's Hospital to get the necessary x-rays to confirm the diagnosis, and a week after that we met with our neurosurgeon, Dr. Ken Winston. This guy is hilarious...he does not look like a typical neurosurgeon, but as soon as he speaks, you know that your child is in good hands. To him this surgery is routine. He sees a lot worse, so as he rattled off answers to our questions it sounded so boring or normal. Yet as we drove home, reality sunk in. It might be routine for him, but not for us.

Like all parents, we are scared about having our brand new baby boy undergo neurosurgery, but we also know that kids are resilient and he will be back smiling again soon after his operation.

Surgery was on September 1st, 2005. We kept our families and friends updated here!