Looking for STARBAND in Southfield , Michigan

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I am looking for an orthotist in Southfield, Michigan that uses

STARBAND. If you know of this office, please email me directly at

TGrabowski@.... THANKS in advance.

DEBBIE if you are reading this...Hi I hope Abby is well. I cannot

believe baby #2 who had such an orange head (round) at birth is now

flat as a pancake! She is 4 1/2 months and andra's pt and

orthotist agree we should try STARBAND since helmet did not work with

A.J. Anyway. Happy Summer! We got out last week for break.

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TRACY!!!!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I'm SOOOO sorry andra has plagio

too!! OMG, I'm SO sorry! What a humungous bummer! Geez oh pete.

How is AJ doing? Did he receive any natural rounding? He's 2 now

right? How is andra besides the plagio? Does she have tort too?

We did have a recent member use a STARband near you I think it was

at a & Filips location, I'm gonna search the archives for you

hun! Dang it, I'm just so mad to see you back here (you know what I

mean!) I hope you're enjoying your summer vacation. It was almost

last year we met up at the concert! Time flies.

Big Hugs!

Debbie

p.s...Abby is doing well, she just had a tonsillectomy &

adenoidectomy almost 3 wks ago & is finally my little spaz again, we

had a rough couple wks! Thx for asking.

--- In Plagiocephaly , " momtoajdg " <TGrabowski@w...>

wrote:

> I am looking for an orthotist in Southfield, Michigan that uses

> STARBAND. If you know of this office, please email me directly at

> TGrabowski@w... THANKS in advance.

>

>

> DEBBIE if you are reading this...Hi I hope Abby is well. I

cannot

> believe baby #2 who had such an orange head (round) at birth is

now

> flat as a pancake! She is 4 1/2 months and andra's pt and

> orthotist agree we should try STARBAND since helmet did not work

with

> A.J. Anyway. Happy Summer! We got out last week for break.

[Guest guest]

Ok :

I'll copy & paste this message from the parent using a STARband from

& Fillipis in Rochester. Don't know if Rochester is even

near you, is it?? Of course this parent was far from pleased with

his baby's band fit though, so not even sure you'd be comfortable

using them! I chked the database too, there are several other

& Filipis locations in the Detroit area, I think 4 of em, but

those look like they use the Danmar helmet, same as what AJ used

right?

Here's his message, then he also posted another update message, that

message # is 97487 if you wanted to look it up. HTH

Debbie you can also chk out http://www.orthomerica.com for maybe a

list!

chucksusanb@a...> wrote:

> All of you are so great! Thank you tremendously for giving me

such

> good advice, listening, and taking the time to answer my

questions.

> I do so appreciate it. I'll try to answer all of your questions.

>

> I took Grace in for another update. Since getting her helmet 1.5

> weeks ago, she has gone in for 4 total fittings...each time making

it

> worse. From the time they took the casting until we received the

> helmet was exactly 14 days. I was somewhat skeptical of the way

they

> took the casting, as it was falling apart though. Perhaps she had

a

> growth spurt during that time.

>

> I have gone to the & Filipis location in Rochester,

Michigan.

> They order there orthotics from Orthomerica (just for the record)

and

> it is a Starband. She slept in her helmet last night and this

> morning her whole face was red. I will post pics once I can

upload

> them. I feel HORRIBLE. The spots have still not faded and that

was

> over 10 hours ago.

>

> The orthotic trimed some of the edges, and when she brought it

back,

> I told her I was very disapointed in the way it looked. It

honestly

> looked like she goudged her finger and took out some of the

> material. It wasn't even blended. I frankly told her it looked

> terrible. At this point I do not care. Although my Orthotist is

a

> very nice woman, my daughters care comes first. She then layered

the

> inside with a padding that has latex and warned me that it could

> cause irritation. Well she had the helmet on for 15 minutes and

> broke out. UGH So it has been off.

>

> In addition to her DEEP red spots, if it isn't tight and crinkling

> her eyes and forhead, it is falling down over her eyes.

>

> I am really disapointed in this whole process. My insurance

didn't

> pay anything for it, so I am out $1,800.00 and the helmet doesn't

> even work. I feel like throwing in the towel and leaving my

precious

> child the way she is.

>

> Anyway, thank you everyone. I am SOOO sorry to vent this all to

> you. Thanks for listening.

>

> Do you think I should ask them to remold it????? But then again,

I

> will have to wait another 2 weeks to even get it back.

> > I am looking for an orthotist in Southfield, Michigan that uses

> > STARBAND. If you know of this office, please email me directly

at

> > TGrabowski@w... THANKS in advance.

> >

> >

> > DEBBIE if you are reading this...Hi I hope Abby is well. I

> cannot

> > believe baby #2 who had such an orange head (round) at birth is

> now

> > flat as a pancake! She is 4 1/2 months and andra's pt and

> > orthotist agree we should try STARBAND since helmet did not work

> with

> > A.J. Anyway. Happy Summer! We got out last week for break.

[Guest guest]

Ho

Here is what I found for Michigan

Hanger / STARband

720 Michigan Ave Ste B,

Holland 49423

Ph: 616 396 4620

www.orthomerica.com

www.hanger.com

Becker Band which is active

Becker Orthopedic Appliance Co., 635

Executive

Dr. Troy , MI 48083

Ph: 248 588 696

mail@...

http://www.beckerortho.com/cranial/cranial.htm

STARband (Starscanner Facility)

Free Bed Hospital

235 Wealthy SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Ph: 616 242 0315

800 528 8989

www.mfbrc.com

Corazza

Ellie Boomer

Hope that helps.

Sandy WIllow's Mom

Torticollis resolved

Cranio Germany Grad 02/04

--- In Plagiocephaly , " momtoajdg " <TGrabowski@w...>

wrote:

> I am looking for an orthotist in Southfield, Michigan that uses

> STARBAND. If you know of this office, please email me directly at

> TGrabowski@w... THANKS in advance.

>

>

> DEBBIE if you are reading this...Hi I hope Abby is well. I

cannot

> believe baby #2 who had such an orange head (round) at birth is

now

> flat as a pancake! She is 4 1/2 months and andra's pt and

> orthotist agree we should try STARBAND since helmet did not work

with

> A.J. Anyway. Happy Summer! We got out last week for break.

[Guest guest]

,

It's good to hear from you, it stinks though that baby #2 has plagio

too. You're not the only one here to have more than one plagio baby.

Please keep us posted on your newest edition. How is AJ? I'd love to

see a recent pic of him.

--- In Plagiocephaly , " momtoajdg " <TGrabowski@w...>

wrote:

> I am looking for an orthotist in Southfield, Michigan that uses

> STARBAND. If you know of this office, please email me directly at

> TGrabowski@w... THANKS in advance.

>

>

> DEBBIE if you are reading this...Hi I hope Abby is well. I

cannot

> believe baby #2 who had such an orange head (round) at birth is now

> flat as a pancake! She is 4 1/2 months and andra's pt and

> orthotist agree we should try STARBAND since helmet did not work

with

> A.J. Anyway. Happy Summer! We got out last week for break.