Day 464 - Emergency Helmet Appointment
Friday, April 8th, 2022
We noticed these red spots James was getting on his head so we emailed our helmet person and she let us know that unfortunately no one was in the office locally. We would need to drive across the bay to the only location that had someone working today. They ended up shaving down the helmet a bit more in those spots. In order to do that we had to put lipstick on his head and then put the helmet on. When she took it off, she knew where to file it down. The helmets are made to his head shape, but since his head has continued to grow there are parts that are rubbing. It's a fine line between shaving too much and allowing the head to grow misshapened or shaving too little and getting skin breakdown.
During this appointment, James' circuit became disconnected while Mom was holding him. When you are holding him, you don't have extra hands. So Mom immediately laid James down on her lap to reconnect. This helmet lady was shooken up at what just happened and grabbed Mom's arm afterwards, as to say "Omg, my heart". Mom let her know that feeling she just felt is an everyday occurrence.
For now we are leaving the helmet off until these red spots can go away. Essentially if a spot stays red for more than an hour then we need to give him a break (and shave the helmet down).
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