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I’ve noticed in my search queries that I’ve had a lot of hits for “metopic ridge no surgery” so I thought I’d give an update.

It is really stressful when the line down the middle of your child’s forehead brought to your attention and no real information is given. You go home armed with the words metopic ridge and do the inevitable Google search that brings you more photographs and information than you can handle. All of a sudden something that was mentioned casually is now in your mind a source of worry and stress. Some parents know right away that their child will need surgery, these cases are the most severe and from what I have found are caused by other plates in the head fusing prematurely. Most of the wonderful people I have met on this journey have a child like mine and were stuck in the wait and see what happens basket. No one wants to wait but unfortunately in some cases that is really all you can do. Looking back I am happy that this was the path we were put on and my son didn’t require surgery. I was frustrated waiting at the time but now knowing what I do I know it has worked out for the best for my son.

Ethan is now two and a half and we are no longer waiting to see what happens, he has been given the all clear. As the months pass his ridge becomes less noticeable. I was looking through pictures for this update and realized that you can only see his ridge from certain angles now where used to you could see it in every photo. My little guy has developed normally physically and emotionally. He doesn’t have behavioral problems other than those of a typical two year old, he is a very happy and loving boy. I am hoping that over time his ridge will continue to even out but if not I pity the kid that makes him mad, he will have one hell of a head butt!

I went on a search trying to find celebrities with metopic ridge’s and the only one I came up with is Heath Ledger.

The picture on the left is Ethan now (showing off his worm) and the one on the right was taken about six months.

My mind and days have been so cluttered with medication schedules, trying to break fevers, Dr’s appointments and whining babies that my blog has gone pretty much neglected. I feel almost guilty on the days I don’t write.

The illnesses started two weeks ago with my daughter having a sinus infection and impetago on her face. This progressed into a double ear infection and another rash on her face that had the Dr scratching her head. She took blood and a culture of the area on her face and results are due back today. Since this seems to be reoccurring we are taking her to a dermatologist in early June.

My poor little man just hasn’t been able to catch a break the past couple of weeks. On top of him cutting four molars he also had a sinus infection, a double ear infection, a respiratory infection and had a fever that
I couldn’t break for four days. This morning he woke up, his fever was gone and I thought the drugs had finally kicked in. I was wrong, the source of the fever just showed up in the form of Roseola. It doesn’t seem to be bothering him and I am happy to report that he is pretty much back to his normal self. Right this very moment he is trying to put a spatula in the air conditioning vent while wearing a bucket on his head. I might finally be able to get my house clean!

When your extremely active borderline hyper 17 month old crawls up on the couch and falls asleep you know he is sick. My poor little guy has a double ear and respiratory infection. He goes between being cuddly, cranky and sleeping within a few minutes. I hope the antibiotics kick in soon and start knocking this nasty illness out of his system. I also hope the Tylenol starts working soon and knocks his fever down.

My daughter is also sick but we won’t know what’s going on with her until tomorrow. She had a swab done of the lesions on her face and blood drawn; we don’t get the results until tomorrow.

Sick little man

Georgie has never had great skin; it started with eczema at four months old and has progressively got worse from there. She recently had impetigo and I choose to blame the daycare that left her with her face covered in snot for who knows how long. I took her to the DR last for the Impetigo and they put her on penicillin to help clear up the infection. After being on the penicillin for a couple of days she had a very angry looking spot come up by her nose, this same spot has now started coming up on her chin. I have no idea what it is but have taken her off the penicillin just in case this is a reaction to it.

I hate seeing her beautiful face like this and am looking forward to getting her back in to see her pediatrician tomorrow and finding out exactly what it is. Poor kid just hasn’t been able to get a break lately.

She was eating an oatmeal cookie when I took this