
Help with Christopher's Helmet
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Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. We have an 8 month old baby boy named Christopher. We are trying to raise money for him because he has a calcifying cephalhematoma on the left side of his head. Also with an element of plagiocephaly (also known as flat head syndrome). Cephalhematoma is a hemorrhage of blood between the skull and the periosteum of a newborn baby secondary to rupture of blood vessels crossing the periosteum. This was caused by a prolonged and intense labor. The swelling of a cephalohematoma takes weeks to resolve as the blood clot is slowly absorbed from the periphery towards the centre. In time the swelling hardens (calcification, which is what is happening now) leaving a relatively softer centre so that it appears as a 'depressed fracture'.
Unfortunately, our insurance refuses to cover the helmet that he needs because they say that at this time it is merely cosmetic, but in some children as they grow and age they have problems with their eyesight, sinuses and other issues from their head being misshapen. We are doing everything that we can to make sure that Christopher does not have any of these long-term issues. The helmet that he needs will cost us approximately $2000 and he will have to wear it 23 hours a day for several months to re-shape his head the way it should be. Anything that you can contribute towards our goal is so greatly appreciated as the doctors have told us that if we wait much longer it will be too late for the helmet to do any good. Thank you all and god bless.



Unfortunately, our insurance refuses to cover the helmet that he needs because they say that at this time it is merely cosmetic, but in some children as they grow and age they have problems with their eyesight, sinuses and other issues from their head being misshapen. We are doing everything that we can to make sure that Christopher does not have any of these long-term issues. The helmet that he needs will cost us approximately $2000 and he will have to wear it 23 hours a day for several months to re-shape his head the way it should be. Anything that you can contribute towards our goal is so greatly appreciated as the doctors have told us that if we wait much longer it will be too late for the helmet to do any good. Thank you all and god bless.



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Stefani Huerta
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San Antonio, TX