Re: DOC Banded for 6 weeks-CT SD California

[Guest guest]

Wow , thats amazing! I can't believe she had that much

correction in only six weeks at her age! You must be thrilled. I

think you're definitely making the right decision by going with

another band since she's obviously growing like a week right now!

I'd love to see progress pics if you've been taking any. My Hannah

had practically indentical measurements in her first band! She went

from 20mm to 10mm in 10 weeks, but she was only 4.5mos old!

, mom to Hannah, DOCband #3 3/30

Cape Cod, Ma

--- In Plagiocephaly , " clvkitty " <clvkitty@a...>

wrote:

>

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I haven't posted in a while, but have news. has been in her

> DOC band for about 6 weeks now. We took new measurements today and

> she has shown great improvement. All of her measurements(head,

ears,

> face) have been cut in half, so instead of 22mm off on her head

shape

> it was only 11 mm! I am so happy. She was banded at about 10

months.

> We have desided to get her a 2nd band to continue treatment. This

> time was not so hard to get approval from Cigna/Monach. Last time

I

> had to call them every day for over a week to move things along. I

> thought for sure we would have the same problems this time around.

> Fortunately, we did not. She is scheduled to cast next week. It

> should be interesting because now she is almost a year old and has

> much more energy. She also has been quite ingenious at taking her

> band off. We had been clipping it with a barrett, now she has

learned

> to take the barrett off! Thank you everyone that has past on there

> experiences and wisdom. I am glad I banded it has made a

world

> of differance.

>

> mom to , DOC Banded 4/2004

[Guest guest]

Wow, great news about ! We remember seeing her in the CT

waiting room in her leopard print outfit after har initial casting,

and she's already done with the band! Amazing.

Matt

--- In Plagiocephaly , " clvkitty " <clvkitty@a...>

wrote:

>

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I haven't posted in a while, but have news. has been in her

> DOC band for about 6 weeks now. We took new measurements today and

> she has shown great improvement. All of her measurements(head,

ears,

> face) have been cut in half, so instead of 22mm off on her head

shape

> it was only 11 mm! I am so happy. She was banded at about 10

months.

> We have desided to get her a 2nd band to continue treatment. This

> time was not so hard to get approval from Cigna/Monach. Last time I

> had to call them every day for over a week to move things along. I

> thought for sure we would have the same problems this time around.

> Fortunately, we did not. She is scheduled to cast next week. It

> should be interesting because now she is almost a year old and has

> much more energy. She also has been quite ingenious at taking her

> band off. We had been clipping it with a barrett, now she has

learned

> to take the barrett off! Thank you everyone that has past on there

> experiences and wisdom. I am glad I banded it has made a

world

> of differance.

>

> mom to , DOC Banded 4/2004

[Guest guest]

Glad to hear that she has made such great improvement! It's great that

your insurance covered the 2nd band without a problem. Good luck with

the 2nd band!

Connor (PPO helmet 5/4/04)

-- In Plagiocephaly , " clvkitty " <clvkitty@a...> wrote:

>

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I haven't posted in a while, but have news. has been in her

> DOC band for about 6 weeks now. We took new measurements today and

> she has shown great improvement. All of her measurements(head, ears,

> face) have been cut in half, so instead of 22mm off on her head shape

> it was only 11 mm! I am so happy. She was banded at about 10 months.

> We have desided to get her a 2nd band to continue treatment. This

> time was not so hard to get approval from Cigna/Monach. Last time I

> had to call them every day for over a week to move things along. I

> thought for sure we would have the same problems this time around.

> Fortunately, we did not. She is scheduled to cast next week. It

> should be interesting because now she is almost a year old and has

> much more energy. She also has been quite ingenious at taking her

> band off. We had been clipping it with a barrett, now she has learned

> to take the barrett off! Thank you everyone that has past on there

> experiences and wisdom. I am glad I banded it has made a world

> of differance.

>

> mom to , DOC Banded 4/2004

[Guest guest]

Hi

It is great to hear how much correction has gotton in such

little time. I think you are doing the right thing with the second

band. Even though she will be a year here is my little input.

Willow rounded out significantly the past few wks and is a year old

now. I think that the charts indicate the average growth rates, but

our kids can surprise us and will continue to have great

correction in the second band you will see. Good luck casting. I

know how strong my 1year old is... ) Take lots of pictures.

Sandy WIllow's Mom

Torticollis resolved

Cranio Germany Grad 02/04

--- In Plagiocephaly , " clvkitty " <clvkitty@a...>

wrote:

>

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I haven't posted in a while, but have news. has been in her

> DOC band for about 6 weeks now. We took new measurements today and

> she has shown great improvement. All of her measurements(head,

ears,

> face) have been cut in half, so instead of 22mm off on her head

shape

> it was only 11 mm! I am so happy. She was banded at about 10

months.

> We have desided to get her a 2nd band to continue treatment. This

> time was not so hard to get approval from Cigna/Monach. Last time

I

> had to call them every day for over a week to move things along. I

> thought for sure we would have the same problems this time around.

> Fortunately, we did not. She is scheduled to cast next week. It

> should be interesting because now she is almost a year old and has

> much more energy. She also has been quite ingenious at taking her

> band off. We had been clipping it with a barrett, now she has

learned

> to take the barrett off! Thank you everyone that has past on there

> experiences and wisdom. I am glad I banded it has made a

world

> of differance.

>

> mom to , DOC Banded 4/2004