Guest guest Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Hi : It's good to hear from you! Well I'm happy the casting is done & over with, that's the most difficult part of the process. I hope Ellen didn't scream tooooo much Abby never had any measurements taken either. Some do, some don't. They just " eyeballed " Abby to say she was mod/severe in shape. If you'd like having them done, don't hesitate to ask. Sounds like you had stressful holidays. Hope the girls are fully healthy again. Let us know when her band is in. Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad MI > Hi It has been a long time since I posted. We had a lot of > excitement with both of our girls being hospitalized for croup over > the holidays and of course the holidays keep everyone busy! Ellen (5 > 1/2mos.) was casted at Cranial Tech. in Clinton CT. So we get the > helmet on 1/19. One thing I've been wondering after I read the posts > was there has never been any measurements of Ellen's head and no one > has ever qualified how servere she is (mild, moderate or severe) Is > this somthing that is done when they actually fit the helmet? Should > I ask for measurements or will the correction just be so obvious by > pics that we don't need them? Thanks for any insight. and > Ellen, Westfield, MA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Hi , How great that the casting is behind you! I also used the Clinton CT and Lynne does not regularly do measurements, but she will if you ask. They feel meaurements are not as accurate (they can have a margin of error of up to 5mm) as actually seeing the change from the headsicle. Under our links section there is a part about severity assessment you can check out to give your best guesstimate! Lynne is wonderful and I'm sure Ellen will see great progress. Hannah was banded at 4.5 mos the first time and had amazing correction. Tell Lynne hello for us! , mom to Hannah, DOCgrad 11/25 Cape Cod, Ma > Hi It has been a long time since I posted. We had a lot of > excitement with both of our girls being hospitalized for croup over > the holidays and of course the holidays keep everyone busy! Ellen (5 > 1/2mos.) was casted at Cranial Tech. in Clinton CT. So we get the > helmet on 1/19. One thing I've been wondering after I read the posts > was there has never been any measurements of Ellen's head and no one > has ever qualified how servere she is (mild, moderate or severe) Is > this somthing that is done when they actually fit the helmet? Should > I ask for measurements or will the correction just be so obvious by > pics that we don't need them? Thanks for any insight. and > Ellen, Westfield, MA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Hi , We also used the Clinton office for our son's treatment. We saw a specialist in Boston and one in New Haven. The one in New Haven just felt 's head and examined photos we had brought while the one in Boston took measurements. The doc in New Haven never did tell us the level of severity but the one in Boston gave us both the measurements and the level of severity that the measurement indicated. Lynne at CT in Clinton didn't do measurements (said they only do them if insurance requires it) but we did ask her to assess 's level of severity. From simply feeling his head she gave us the exact same diagnosis as the guy in Boston who did the measuring. I guess when you deal with that many heads you get pretty good at it. You might want to ask Lynne what Ellen's level of severity is, I'm sure she can tell you. Good luck, Mark (dad to , DOCbanded 10/14 at 9.5 months) --- In Plagiocephaly , " elizabeth_jury " <elizabethjury@c...> wrote: > Hi It has been a long time since I posted. We had a lot of > excitement with both of our girls being hospitalized for croup over > the holidays and of course the holidays keep everyone busy! Ellen (5 > 1/2mos.) was casted at Cranial Tech. in Clinton CT. So we get the > helmet on 1/19. One thing I've been wondering after I read the posts > was there has never been any measurements of Ellen's head and no one > has ever qualified how servere she is (mild, moderate or severe) Is > this somthing that is done when they actually fit the helmet? Should > I ask for measurements or will the correction just be so obvious by > pics that we don't need them? Thanks for any insight. and > Ellen, Westfield, MA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Ellen, Glad to hear the casting is behind you! Please give us an update when you get her band. > Hi It has been a long time since I posted. We had a lot of > excitement with both of our girls being hospitalized for croup over > the holidays and of course the holidays keep everyone busy! Ellen (5 > 1/2mos.) was casted at Cranial Tech. in Clinton CT. So we get the > helmet on 1/19. One thing I've been wondering after I read the posts > was there has never been any measurements of Ellen's head and no one > has ever qualified how servere she is (mild, moderate or severe) Is > this somthing that is done when they actually fit the helmet? Should > I ask for measurements or will the correction just be so obvious by > pics that we don't need them? Thanks for any insight. and > Ellen, Westfield, MA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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