Matthew had his orthopedist appointment today for his post-op scan in preparation to receive his helmet. His head shape has changed. Before surgery it was asymmetric, that was fixed and now it is just not proportionally correct (back/front vs side/side). The helmet will protect his head and help correct the proportions.
I am completely in awe of the tool they use to map the head. They put a cap on him with a sensor on the top and use a wand to scan his 3D image onto the computer. All of the measurements are done from the scan. So cool. No castings, just a 5 minute scan with a wand. I completely dorked out watching...technology is awesome!
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| Matthew in his cap (hair interferes w/the scan) |
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| The almost complete scan on the computer screen |
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| The orthopedist scanning Matthew head |
We got to pick the helmet color/pattern (I'll leave that for a later surprise), and they're making it over the holidays. The fitting is scheduled for January 6 (1 month to the date of the surgery).
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