Well, this kid has a gap too, but it isn't nearly as bad as his brother's. There is however, something more ooncerning here.
The angle at which Nash's neck sits is way too steep. His neck also curves opposite of the way it's suppose to. If you look at the photo carefully you can see two lines that are drawn on the xray. The first line (the steep one) indicates the angle at which his neck is now. The second line is where the angle of his neck should be. Even this isn't the most important thing we learned today though.
Nash's C1 is not being smooshed into his brain stem like Caleb's (good news). However, because of the angle at which his neck sits, his C2 is pushed into the back of C3. AND since his C2 is oversized it sits on top of C3 quite a bit. If this is not treated it will cause degenerative bone issues in the C2 and C3 later on.
GOOD TIMES AT THE BOWN HOUSE TODAY!
Considering what we've learned by having xrays of the boys done I went ahead and took Sam back in this afternoon (Nash's appointment was this morning) in order to have new xrays done on her. She has had xrays before (the boys haven't) and we've never been alerted to a problem like either of the boys have had show up. (That's good news.) But, just to be on the safe side, I wanted to have her looked at again knowing that her brothers have issues with their C1-C3 area. We will get her xrays back on Tuesday. Until further notice the boys will be visiting the chiropractor 2-3 times a week. Here's to many visits with our friend, the chiropractor!
