Re: Ignacio's Update - Need to vent

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Hi Risa,

My husband was doing something with the memory sticks for our

digital camera, but we are all set to take the photos at bathtime

tonight. Sorry for the delay! Hopefully I will be able to upload

them without a problem; I'll post tonight when they are in there

(Remy's 2 year update progress photos).

Christie (Mom to Repo'd Remy)

> > Hello group. Ignacio's last appointment was on the 11th and

we

> are

> > schedule to return on the 25th. The ortho says the treatment

is

> > going nicely and that he's growing up really fast but... I

still

> see

> > a lot of flattening on the right side. Is not as bad as when

we

> > started but after almost four months of treatment and 30,000+

> miles

> > of travelling I thought it was going to look better. At CT

they

> > always told us not to expect a perfect rounding because his

> sutures

> > are impacted downward and the only way to get them to push out

is

> by

> > surgery and I really don't want to place Ignacio to undergo a

CRV

> > procedure. I don't know... guess today Im a little frustated,

> > specially when I know that, most probably, he will be out of

this

> > band for Mother's Day. Sometimes I even think his ears are

> gettiing

> > misaligned again... but dh doesn't see it and he's really on

top

> of

> > Ignacio's head mostly every day. DH says that Im overreacting

and

> > maybe its true... its just that I expected a more " rounder

look "

> by

> > this time. And now, reading the postings about " reflattening "

> > possibilities Im getting extra concerned... I know that he's

> > improving, the ortho tells me that every appointment and I

really

> > don't think they would say that just to make the parents happy.

> >

> > Also, the twins are still not sitting and not crawling. We

went

> to

> > a physical therapist the other day and she told us that would

not

> > get concerned yet. She gave us a follow up appointment for

May

> 10th

> > and she expects them to be sitting and crawling (they will be

11

> > months old for that appointment). I guess that when I hear

every

> > other mom saying... " what??? they are not sitting yet??? " ...

it

> just

> > gets me frustated. Sometimes I think that maybe it is that Im

> doing

> > something wrong... Being a first time mom and all... But, on

a

> > happier note, they seem to be two very happy babies... They

were

> > born 6 weeks ahead, 4 pounds each and 18 inches; now they are

17

> > pounds or so, 28 inches or so...

> >

> > Finally, my quest to contact the other plagio mom in PR was

> > unsuccesful. I tried to called her on various ocassions and

she

> was

> > never home. I left her messages with her husband and on their

> > answering machine and they never called back so I just dropped

it.

> >

> > Guess Im having one of those days...

> >

> > Annie

> > Mom to twins, Ignacio (DOC 12/2/03 & 2/17/04) &

> > San , PR

>

>

>

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