Words from Ben's Doctor

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" The Times They are a Changin " . Bob Dylan, That's for the Heidi

Zimmerman.

Just got back from a check up for . I had to share words

from 's family doctor.........

In September 2002 this man calmly told me that in his opinion

's condition was PERMANENT. He said the head had been

moulded from positioning and would never revert. (Back to Sleep)

<<<<<<Flash Ahead to June 20, 2003.............Here is exactly what

the doctor said to me today..........

" I am truly pleased that you persisted and followed your gut.

is truly fortunate to have dedicated parents who would

research and locate treatment. The committment of 23 hours a day for

7 months has truly paid off. In my opinion, the helmet is

responsible for his round noggin. If it were not for his helmet his

head would never round out. You should be proud. "

He went on to tell me that he did a presentation on Plagiocephaly

with all doctors within our local community(25). He told me that he

was at first a skeptic but now truly a believer. He advised that he

would prescribe helmet therapy in a heartbeat in the future if

repositioning showed no results..............

Off the record, I was advised that he has already referred a patient

for a review/assessment.

I thought I would share this little story. He has been a doctor for

25 years and his opinion on plagio has been changed. What I repect

is his ability to admit that doctors are just " Practicing " medicine.

I think we should all ponder that thought........All doctors have is

knowledge and opinions, sometimes they are wrong........It should

also be noted that is why there are specialists because a regular

family doctor knows a little about most things where a specialist is

suppose to know a lot about whatever they claim to specialize in.....

Sponagle