Re: Our appt. didn't go so well.......Canada

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Oh Trish

I'm so sorry your appt didn't go well, unfortunately, I've read

many many posts like yours over the years I've been w/the group.

Did you request to be referred to a specialist? I've heard that

Canada is pretty tough to get helmets for and such. I've added

Canada to your subject line to grab those members attn to help in

your area.

There are many helpful articles in our " links " section that should

be easily accessible from your computer? Check those out, esp the

AAP article that would be of help to your ped I'm sure. There's

also a " long term effects of plagio " in our files and insurance file

section. I'd bet you don't have Adobe Acrobat downloaded into your

computer, which is what many of our files are in. You should go

ahead & download that if you'd like many of our files & such.

Don't back down from your ped. Be persistent and keep hounding your

Dr for attn!!

Debbie Abby's mom

MI

> Hello,

>

> Well, Carson had his appointment with the ped. on the 17th, and to

> be quite honest, I'm not happy at all. She didn't even really look

> at his head which is why I thought we were there!(he has a jitter

in

> his left arm that she was testing and concentrated on that the

WHOLE

> time. I didn't even know that we were there for that! My family

dr.

> said that he was fine, but I guess better safe than sorry........)

>

> Anyway, she told us that lots of babies are coming in with flat

> heads because of he back to sleep program. She said he doesn't

have

> tort (whick I knew already) and therefore he's fine! She said it

> will round out and if it doesn't his hair will cover it! She also

> said there is no medical side effects of having a flat head and

that

> it is purely cosmetic if we opt to treat and if we opt for

treatment

> we have to see someone else (at least she was nice about that,

> offering to refer us) but that we would have to go to CALGARY

which

> is BULL!!(I'm in Barrie, Ontario, just North of Toronto where Sick

> Kids is and I know we can go there! A g/f of mines dd had cranio

and

> was operated on there, so she's full of it lol!)

>

> I was so pissed off that she didn't even feel his head, didn't

want

> to see any pictures we brought (when we first arrived I told her

> that I had brought some pics and she said, oh thats nice, really

> snotty) and wasn't really open to me giving her any information

> about him, she pretty much cut me off! I was trying to tell her

that

> Carson slept in his carseat for the first 2 months of his life (i

> know thats bad, but my older son slept in it for 4 months and his

> head is round! lol) then my family dr. noticed the flatness so we

> moved him to his crib wher he slpet on his SIDE (rotating of

course)

> for the next few months until he started to roll over in his crib.

> It wasnt till he started to roll over which was about 1 .5 months

> ago that he started to lay on his back to sleep!

>

> I told her all this and it's like it went in once ear and out the

> other!! She did say when she sees him again in February about his

> arm that she might look at his head again to see if it's changed

> then she may do some tests. I dont want to wait any longer, he

> almost 7 months old and if she would have looks at the pics I

> brought she would see the progression!! I have been repoing him

> since he was 2 months old and it's still flat!

>

> I called my family doctor right away to get a second opinion (he's

> nice so I'm sure he'll agree) but he is on Holidays, so I will

have

> to wait until the new year.

>

> I've been trying to collect as much info as I can to bring to my

> family dr. just in case, but many of the files here i cant open

> (something wrong with my computer i guess) Could someone please e-

> mail me with anything you might think is helpful? My e-mail is

> rickandtrish2003@y...

>

> Sorry this was so long! Thank you so much if you've read this far

> lol!

>

>

>

> Trish, Barrie, ON

> with Carson almost 7 months!