Guest guest Posted May 30, 2003 Report Share Posted May 30, 2003 Hi Jen! I'm not laughing I was once a first time Mom. (I now have 6 kids) As long as you are right there supervising he can have a lollipop, a big one like a tootise roll pop. I wouldn't make it a habit of it, but it has helped many babies " get through " the casting process. It's something new and it tastes good! > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > We met with the Ortho today that Aetna is requiring me to > use > > if I > > > want coverage. As I already posted, she has 1 year under her > > belt, > > > and 11 patients to date, actually 13 now as of yesterday. > This > > was > > > our primary concern. I will post what I found out today and > would > > > love feedback from everyone. I still feel very confused..... > > > > > > > > Of the 13 patients, 5 have completed their treatment. Of > those > > 5, > > > all received 100% correction. My son would be the oldest > child > > she > > > has ever treated. (13 mo by the time we get him casted) She > has > > only > > > treated younger babies. > > > > > > > > She is compiling a before and after portfolio, but does not > > > currently have one for me to look at. (About 2 weeks) She > said > > until > > > recently she could not get parents to agree to allow their > > child's to > > > be used. She did offer to give me contact information for > patient > > > referrals. I know you are all thinking no way..... > > > > > > > > But, she was very nice and spent an hour with us. She > answered > > all > > > my questions and believe me I had 4 pages worth, lol! She did > > take > > > the Starband training in CA and seems very knowledgeable. She > > would > > > be seeing him weekly for adjustments and told us if we had a > > > problem., she would fit us in that day regardless of her > > schedule. > > > > > > > > I do have several discrepancy questions. Why does the > DocBand > > > require more than one band in severe cases? She told me that > he > > would > > > just need the one band and that she would adjust it for > growth. > > She > > > said they do not need more than one band???? She also said > that > > they > > > do not use it past 18 months, whereas the DocBand is up to 24 > > months. > > > Anyone know why? > > > > > > > > I'm sure I had more, but I have gone on long enough. Let me > > know > > > what you think! She could get us in ASAP to be casted and > time is > > > awasting! Thanks for the help! > > > > > > > > Jen- TX > > > > Trentyn-1 StarBand or DocBand! > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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