Re: Dave Gracie's Dad: Today's Adventure

[Guest guest]

We're back from the hospital, and Gracie has her helmet. It went

amazingly well. Of course, we took pictures. Here's our story.

We arrived at Children's Hospital in Boston around 10:30 AM. Our

appointment was for 11:00. After only a thirty minute wait in the

waiting room (it was two hours last time) we were seen. Gracie isn't

very fond of the doctor, and she screamed as soon as he entered the

room. He had her helmet with him, and he put it on her.

He examined the fit, made some markings, took it back off and went out

to make some adjustments. Gracie stopped crying. Soon enough he came

back (Grace started crying again), put it back on, made a few more

markings, took it back off and left to make some additional adjustments

(Grace stopped crying). Finally he returned and put it on for good.

Grace cried. . . then stopped. We gave her a cracker to soften the

blow, which she ate silently while the doctor answered all our

questions. That was the last she cried all day.

Understand that inconsolable wailing all day long was my big fear. It

just didn't happen. We stopped in the lobby on the way out and Gracie

was just looking around, and in the truck on the way home she was

chatting to herself and making her happy sounds. She even took a good

nap. What an amazing kid.

These next two days are a trial period for us. She wears the helmet for

a while, we then take it off and look for any irritated areas. If they

persist or don't go away in a specified amount of time (half an hour),

we go back for an adjustment. So far the few faint red spots she has

gotten have all gone away just a few minuts after the helmet is off.

She wears it for greater amounts of time tomorrow, and if all goes well

she can sleep with it tomorrow night, and then we're good to go (I'm

sure you're all very familiar with this routine by now)!

Today just went so well I feel nine hundred pounds lighter tonight. I

know we're not out of the woods yet . . . in fact, this is only the

beginning of this adventure, but I'm feeling more confident about it.

The waiting was the hardest part, as the song goes. So far, we're all

ok.

Thaks for your well wishes. You were all right: today was harder for

mom and me than it was for our little girl. Your encouragement was a

great help to us. Be sure and look at the pictures posted at

http://www.oddnoggin.com. Our Gracie is quite an incredible girl (but

we knew that).

Thanks again, everybody!

Dave, Mia (mom) and Gracie

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm so happy to hear how well today went. I can't wait to hear your

next update.

> We're back from the hospital, and Gracie has her helmet. It went

> amazingly well. Of course, we took pictures. Here's our story.

>

> We arrived at Children's Hospital in Boston around 10:30 AM. Our

> appointment was for 11:00. After only a thirty minute wait in the

> waiting room (it was two hours last time) we were seen. Gracie

isn't

> very fond of the doctor, and she screamed as soon as he entered the

> room. He had her helmet with him, and he put it on her.

>

> He examined the fit, made some markings, took it back off and went

out

> to make some adjustments. Gracie stopped crying. Soon enough he

came

> back (Grace started crying again), put it back on, made a few more

> markings, took it back off and left to make some additional

adjustments

> (Grace stopped crying). Finally he returned and put it on for good.

> Grace cried. . . then stopped. We gave her a cracker to soften the

> blow, which she ate silently while the doctor answered all our

> questions. That was the last she cried all day.

>

> Understand that inconsolable wailing all day long was my big fear.

It

> just didn't happen. We stopped in the lobby on the way out and

Gracie

> was just looking around, and in the truck on the way home she was

> chatting to herself and making her happy sounds. She even took a

good

> nap. What an amazing kid.

>

> These next two days are a trial period for us. She wears the helmet

for

> a while, we then take it off and look for any irritated areas. If

they

> persist or don't go away in a specified amount of time (half an

hour),

> we go back for an adjustment. So far the few faint red spots she

has

> gotten have all gone away just a few minuts after the helmet is

off.

> She wears it for greater amounts of time tomorrow, and if all goes

well

> she can sleep with it tomorrow night, and then we're good to go

(I'm

> sure you're all very familiar with this routine by now)!

>

> Today just went so well I feel nine hundred pounds lighter tonight.

I

> know we're not out of the woods yet . . . in fact, this is only the

> beginning of this adventure, but I'm feeling more confident about

it.

> The waiting was the hardest part, as the song goes. So far, we're

all

> ok.

> Thaks for your well wishes. You were all right: today was harder

for

> mom and me than it was for our little girl. Your encouragement was

a

> great help to us. Be sure and look at the pictures posted at

> http://www.oddnoggin.com. Our Gracie is quite an incredible girl

(but

> we knew that).

>

> Thanks again, everybody!

>

> Dave, Mia (mom) and Gracie

[Guest guest]

Hi Dave!

Glad it went so well for you! I took a peek at the webpage - it's

phenomenal! Gracie is such a beauty! Hope your transition

continues to go smoothly.

& Abigail

> We're back from the hospital, and Gracie has her helmet. It went

> amazingly well. Of course, we took pictures. Here's our story.

>

> We arrived at Children's Hospital in Boston around 10:30 AM. Our

> appointment was for 11:00. After only a thirty minute wait in the

> waiting room (it was two hours last time) we were seen. Gracie

isn't

> very fond of the doctor, and she screamed as soon as he entered

the

> room. He had her helmet with him, and he put it on her.

>

> He examined the fit, made some markings, took it back off and went

out

> to make some adjustments. Gracie stopped crying. Soon enough he

came

> back (Grace started crying again), put it back on, made a few more

> markings, took it back off and left to make some additional

adjustments

> (Grace stopped crying). Finally he returned and put it on for

good.

> Grace cried. . . then stopped. We gave her a cracker to soften the

> blow, which she ate silently while the doctor answered all our

> questions. That was the last she cried all day.

>

> Understand that inconsolable wailing all day long was my big fear.

It

> just didn't happen. We stopped in the lobby on the way out and

Gracie

> was just looking around, and in the truck on the way home she was

> chatting to herself and making her happy sounds. She even took a

good

> nap. What an amazing kid.

>

> These next two days are a trial period for us. She wears the

helmet for

> a while, we then take it off and look for any irritated areas. If

they

> persist or don't go away in a specified amount of time (half an

hour),

> we go back for an adjustment. So far the few faint red spots she

has

> gotten have all gone away just a few minuts after the helmet is

off.

> She wears it for greater amounts of time tomorrow, and if all goes

well

> she can sleep with it tomorrow night, and then we're good to go

(I'm

> sure you're all very familiar with this routine by now)!

>

> Today just went so well I feel nine hundred pounds lighter

tonight. I

> know we're not out of the woods yet . . . in fact, this is only

the

> beginning of this adventure, but I'm feeling more confident about

it.

> The waiting was the hardest part, as the song goes. So far, we're

all

> ok.

> Thaks for your well wishes. You were all right: today was harder

for

> mom and me than it was for our little girl. Your encouragement

was a

> great help to us. Be sure and look at the pictures posted at

> http://www.oddnoggin.com. Our Gracie is quite an incredible girl

(but

> we knew that).

>

> Thanks again, everybody!

>

> Dave, Mia (mom) and Gracie

[Guest guest]

Dave,

Hope all goes well for the break in period.

Good luck and happy rounding!

PS. I love the name Gracie!

> We're back from the hospital, and Gracie has her helmet. It went

> amazingly well. Of course, we took pictures. Here's our story.

>

> We arrived at Children's Hospital in Boston around 10:30 AM. Our

> appointment was for 11:00. After only a thirty minute wait in the

> waiting room (it was two hours last time) we were seen. Gracie

isn't

> very fond of the doctor, and she screamed as soon as he entered the

> room. He had her helmet with him, and he put it on her.

>

> He examined the fit, made some markings, took it back off and went

out

> to make some adjustments. Gracie stopped crying. Soon enough he

came

> back (Grace started crying again), put it back on, made a few more

> markings, took it back off and left to make some additional

adjustments

> (Grace stopped crying). Finally he returned and put it on for good.

> Grace cried. . . then stopped. We gave her a cracker to soften the

> blow, which she ate silently while the doctor answered all our

> questions. That was the last she cried all day.

>

> Understand that inconsolable wailing all day long was my big fear.

It

> just didn't happen. We stopped in the lobby on the way out and

Gracie

> was just looking around, and in the truck on the way home she was

> chatting to herself and making her happy sounds. She even took a

good

> nap. What an amazing kid.

>

> These next two days are a trial period for us. She wears the helmet

for

> a while, we then take it off and look for any irritated areas. If

they

> persist or don't go away in a specified amount of time (half an

hour),

> we go back for an adjustment. So far the few faint red spots she

has

> gotten have all gone away just a few minuts after the helmet is

off.

> She wears it for greater amounts of time tomorrow, and if all goes

well

> she can sleep with it tomorrow night, and then we're good to go

(I'm

> sure you're all very familiar with this routine by now)!

>

> Today just went so well I feel nine hundred pounds lighter tonight.

I

> know we're not out of the woods yet . . . in fact, this is only the

> beginning of this adventure, but I'm feeling more confident about

it.

> The waiting was the hardest part, as the song goes. So far, we're

all

> ok.

> Thaks for your well wishes. You were all right: today was harder

for

> mom and me than it was for our little girl. Your encouragement was

a

> great help to us. Be sure and look at the pictures posted at

> http://www.oddnoggin.com. Our Gracie is quite an incredible girl

(but

> we knew that).

>

> Thanks again, everybody!

>

> Dave, Mia (mom) and Gracie

[Guest guest]

I'm so glad you guys had such a great day--what a relief, huh? HOw

are things going today? I LOVE Gracie's website, you guys have done

an amazing job. We should get our girls together to play sometime--

they're only about 3 mos apart!

, mom to Hannah, DOCgrad

Cape Cod, Ma

> We're back from the hospital, and Gracie has her helmet. It went

> amazingly well. Of course, we took pictures. Here's our story.

>

> We arrived at Children's Hospital in Boston around 10:30 AM. Our

> appointment was for 11:00. After only a thirty minute wait in the

> waiting room (it was two hours last time) we were seen. Gracie

isn't

> very fond of the doctor, and she screamed as soon as he entered

the

> room. He had her helmet with him, and he put it on her.

>

> He examined the fit, made some markings, took it back off and went

out

> to make some adjustments. Gracie stopped crying. Soon enough he

came

> back (Grace started crying again), put it back on, made a few more

> markings, took it back off and left to make some additional

adjustments

> (Grace stopped crying). Finally he returned and put it on for

good.

> Grace cried. . . then stopped. We gave her a cracker to soften the

> blow, which she ate silently while the doctor answered all our

> questions. That was the last she cried all day.

>

> Understand that inconsolable wailing all day long was my big fear.

It

> just didn't happen. We stopped in the lobby on the way out and

Gracie

> was just looking around, and in the truck on the way home she was

> chatting to herself and making her happy sounds. She even took a

good

> nap. What an amazing kid.

>

> These next two days are a trial period for us. She wears the

helmet for

> a while, we then take it off and look for any irritated areas. If

they

> persist or don't go away in a specified amount of time (half an

hour),

> we go back for an adjustment. So far the few faint red spots she

has

> gotten have all gone away just a few minuts after the helmet is

off.

> She wears it for greater amounts of time tomorrow, and if all goes

well

> she can sleep with it tomorrow night, and then we're good to go

(I'm

> sure you're all very familiar with this routine by now)!

>

> Today just went so well I feel nine hundred pounds lighter

tonight. I

> know we're not out of the woods yet . . . in fact, this is only

the

> beginning of this adventure, but I'm feeling more confident about

it.

> The waiting was the hardest part, as the song goes. So far, we're

all

> ok.

> Thaks for your well wishes. You were all right: today was harder

for

> mom and me than it was for our little girl. Your encouragement

was a

> great help to us. Be sure and look at the pictures posted at

> http://www.oddnoggin.com. Our Gracie is quite an incredible girl

(but

> we knew that).

>

> Thanks again, everybody!

>

> Dave, Mia (mom) and Gracie