Re: Trentyn's ortho appt.~Jen

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, he won't choke on the lollipop. You hold it for him and he

sucks the snot out of it and hopefully he will forget all about what

is going on. I actually wish I would have brought 2 because my mom

was sharing it with . hehehe...Don't forget the camera, an extra

set of hands are nice as well. Good Luck and I can't wait for

Trentyn to get his DOCBand!! YIPPEE!!!

Dustie

> > > > 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!

> > >

> > >

> > >