{"id":284,"date":"2010-12-17T12:12:28","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T18:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sharpfocusmedia.com\/noah\/wordpress\/?p=284"},"modified":"2010-12-17T12:12:28","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T18:12:28","slug":"better-news-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/family.sharpfocusmedia.com\/?p=284","title":{"rendered":"Better news today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Well, I think we got everything finally worked out with all the numbers at the orthotics office this morning. \u00a0After another scan and some manual measurements (and double-checking all the numbers), the orthotist showed us that Noah&#8217;s head is now at at <strong>9.8mm<\/strong> difference. \u00a0See the previous post about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharpfocusmedia.com\/noah\/wordpress\/?p=275\" target=\"_self\">what this measurement means<\/a>. \u00a0This is fantastic news! \u00a0And, the second good news we got was that his head circumference has shrunk somewhat. \u00a0He still has 35% more room left in this current helmet to grow &#8211; yea!! \u00a0That may sound strange that the circumference of his head would shrink, but think of it this way: \u00a0the distance around a circle is usually less than the distance around an oval. \u00a0Noah&#8217;s head is becoming less oval-shaped and more circular, which is great news!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharpfocusmedia.com\/noah\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/noah17dec.png\" rel=\"lightbox[284]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-286\" title=\"noah17dec\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sharpfocusmedia.com\/noah\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/noah17dec-288x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/family.sharpfocusmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/noah17dec-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/family.sharpfocusmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/noah17dec.png 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We got to see the difference between where we started in October until today, and the difference is really amazing. \u00a0A picture says a thousand words, so here&#8217;s a picture showing the comparison. \u00a0Mid-October is on the left, and today&#8217;s scan is on the right. \u00a0You can see that his head shape is definitely improving. \u00a0Praise God!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharpfocusmedia.com\/noah\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/NoahsScans.png\" rel=\"lightbox[284]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-285\" title=\"NoahsScans\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sharpfocusmedia.com\/noah\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/NoahsScans-300x187.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/family.sharpfocusmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/NoahsScans-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/family.sharpfocusmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/NoahsScans-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/family.sharpfocusmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/NoahsScans.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>(click for a larger version)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I think we got everything finally worked out with all the numbers at the orthotics office this morning. \u00a0After another scan and some manual measurements (and double-checking all the numbers), the orthotist showed us that Noah&#8217;s head is now at at 9.8mm difference. \u00a0See the previous post about what this measurement means. \u00a0This is &hellip; 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