My 4 year old son has a receptive and expressive language disorder. In addition, he had very mild low tone. He gets PT, OT and speech for these things. However, it was noted at his age 4 pediatric exam that he has a Babinski sign on the left foot. The doctor recommended an MRI, but I am not really excited about sedating my son for the test. His mild impairments are improving every day, by leaps and bounds. You could not even tell him apart in a room full of kids. He is getting stronger, faster, and doing everyhing other kids do.
We have been to a neurologist, who said that my son does not show signs of a progressive disease like MS. However I really do not recall the plantar response test being done at his office.
My question: do I need to get the MRI done? If my son had MS or brain cancer, would he be improving in all of his activities and progessing wonderfully?
I would not worry at all since he is progressing- but I also know what an MRI could show and it scares me.
Thanks for any advice you can give.