Orange on a Toothpick

Sorry to keep you in suspense.  I decided to drink wine last night and go to bed instead of posting on the blog and that was insensitive of me.

Belén’s head is okay…totally normal except the fact that it is in the 97th percentile for size…yet another thing she takes after her father.

This video pretty much sums up how happy we were to get the news.

The CT scan went well.  We didn’t have to sedate her since Andy and I were able to keep her head still by distracting her with flashy lights and snapping.

The doctors office hadn’t called with the results by 1 so Andy called to find no news.  I called again at 2:30.  The nurse said they wouldn’t arrive for two days which I knew was inaccurate since the hospital said the digital pictures would be ready by noon.  I called the nurse again and asked if the pictures were really not there or if there was just not someone to read them.  I explained that I was pretty sure they should be there on St. Lukes system.  I asked her if another doctor could go into the system and read them since our doctor was out for the day.  The nurse had the NERVE to say, “I just don’t understand what the urgency is?”

I replied, “Are you effing kidding me?  You obviously don’t have kids!!!!”

Okay, no that is what I wanted to say.  I actually said, “the urgency is that I want to know if my baby has a problem with her BRAIN!”

It paid to be pushy.  Another doctor looked at the picture and called me back in 10 minutes saying everything was okay.  Then the celebration of our normal, happy child began.

And I started thinking of my favorite movie, “So I Married an Axe Murderer” and all of the great quotes about Charlie’s brothers large head:

Stuart Mackenzie: Look at the size of that boy’s heed.
Tony Giardino: Shhh!
Stuart Mackenzie: I’m not kidding, it’s like an orange on a toothpick.
Tony Giardino: Shhh, you’re going to give the boy a complex.
Stuart Mackenzie: Well, that’s a huge noggin. That’s a virtual planetoid.
Tony Giardino: Shh!
Stuart Mackenzie: Has it’s own weather system.
Tony Giardino: Sh, sh, shh.
Stuart Mackenzie: HEAD! MOVE!

Stuart Mackenzie: I’m not kidding, that boy’s head is like Sputnik; spherical but quite pointy at parts! Now that was offside, wasn’t it? He’ll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow.

Good thing it still looks proportional so nobody uses these quotes when talking about her.

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