Re: Finishing Treatment - What happens?

[Guest guest]

WOW! Thanks so much for that thorough answer. I am leaning towards

just keeping the appointment I have and getting him banded now.... he

will be one day shy of 4 months when he gets the band. He is

moderate, but on the mild side of moderate, I think, so I bet we

would get really good results quickly. How much does Jack weigh? DO

you know how much he has gained since you started therapy?

> > > Jack had his weekly helmet adjustment today and

> > the orthotist at

> > > Cranial Tech said 2, maybe 3 more weeks.

> > (Obviously there will be

> > some

> > > ritualistic dancing to the Growth Gods tonight at

> > home.) How

> > exactly do

> > > they finally come to that decision? Do they,

> > during one of the

> > visits,

> > > remeasure to see where he is or is it just based

> > on the visual

> > > comparison to his headcicle? And does it just come

> > off, cold turkey

> > so

> > > to speak? Or do you still use it, while it still

> > fits, for

> > sleeping?

> > >

> > > The last spot we are looking for growth is behind

> > the ear on the

> > flat

> > > side. It has started to round out in the back,

> > which the orthotist

> > said

> > > is where the growth typically happens first,

> > before moving towards

> > the

> > > ear. We do have nice rounding on the front

> > side/forehead side of

> > the

> > > flat side. The other night when I took his helmet

> > off, he looked

> > > different to me. And the ears are realing coming

> > into line. But we

> > are

> > > running out of room to shave any more foam out and

> > we are only 4

> > weeks

> > > into his helmet. He didn't seem to grow as much

> > between week 3 and

> > week

> > > 4 visit but they also took A LOT out at week 3.

> > And did so again

> > today.

> > > So I had a hard time telling if he grew a lot. The

> > helmet was still

> > a

> > > little lose from last weeks adjustment to me. I

> > thought she wasn't

> > > going to take a lot out at all. Boy was I wrong.

> > >

> > > I am starting to get nervous about the " after

> > helmet " phase. The

> > tort

> > > seems resolved to me. At his PT appointment last

> > week, the phsyical

> > > therapist had us drop stretches to once a day. She

> > still thinks he

> > will

> > > be sitting pretty soon but right now we are still

> > teetering in the

> > > sitting position and can only hold it for a little

> > bit. Also the

> > > therapist told us we will have to watch him

> > closely when he starts

> > to

> > > crawl to see if he drags his tort side. But really

> > thinks once the

> > > helmet comes off, he is done.

> > >

> > > Okay and am I weird? I think in a way I will miss

> > the helmet. He

> > just

> > > looks so cute in it ... and, to me, his face looks

> > so different

> > when he

> > > doesn't have it on. Not to mention the peace of

> > mind it gives

> > me ... I

> > > don't have to be neurotic about how he is

> > positioned, where we have

> > > him. I am not looking forward to going back to

> > that mother again.

> > >

> > >

> > > Jack - 5 months

> > > tort/plagio

> > > DOCBand - 6/2/05

> >

> >

> >

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

WOW! Thanks so much for that thorough answer. I am leaning towards

just keeping the appointment I have and getting him banded now.... he

will be one day shy of 4 months when he gets the band. He is

moderate, but on the mild side of moderate, I think, so I bet we

would get really good results quickly. How much does Jack weigh? DO

you know how much he has gained since you started therapy?

> > > Jack had his weekly helmet adjustment today and

> > the orthotist at

> > > Cranial Tech said 2, maybe 3 more weeks.

> > (Obviously there will be

> > some

> > > ritualistic dancing to the Growth Gods tonight at

> > home.) How

> > exactly do

> > > they finally come to that decision? Do they,

> > during one of the

> > visits,

> > > remeasure to see where he is or is it just based

> > on the visual

> > > comparison to his headcicle? And does it just come

> > off, cold turkey

> > so

> > > to speak? Or do you still use it, while it still

> > fits, for

> > sleeping?

> > >

> > > The last spot we are looking for growth is behind

> > the ear on the

> > flat

> > > side. It has started to round out in the back,

> > which the orthotist

> > said

> > > is where the growth typically happens first,

> > before moving towards

> > the

> > > ear. We do have nice rounding on the front

> > side/forehead side of

> > the

> > > flat side. The other night when I took his helmet

> > off, he looked

> > > different to me. And the ears are realing coming

> > into line. But we

> > are

> > > running out of room to shave any more foam out and

> > we are only 4

> > weeks

> > > into his helmet. He didn't seem to grow as much

> > between week 3 and

> > week

> > > 4 visit but they also took A LOT out at week 3.

> > And did so again

> > today.

> > > So I had a hard time telling if he grew a lot. The

> > helmet was still

> > a

> > > little lose from last weeks adjustment to me. I

> > thought she wasn't

> > > going to take a lot out at all. Boy was I wrong.

> > >

> > > I am starting to get nervous about the " after

> > helmet " phase. The

> > tort

> > > seems resolved to me. At his PT appointment last

> > week, the phsyical

> > > therapist had us drop stretches to once a day. She

> > still thinks he

> > will

> > > be sitting pretty soon but right now we are still

> > teetering in the

> > > sitting position and can only hold it for a little

> > bit. Also the

> > > therapist told us we will have to watch him

> > closely when he starts

> > to

> > > crawl to see if he drags his tort side. But really

> > thinks once the

> > > helmet comes off, he is done.

> > >

> > > Okay and am I weird? I think in a way I will miss

> > the helmet. He

> > just

> > > looks so cute in it ... and, to me, his face looks

> > so different

> > when he

> > > doesn't have it on. Not to mention the peace of

> > mind it gives

> > me ... I

> > > don't have to be neurotic about how he is

> > positioned, where we have

> > > him. I am not looking forward to going back to

> > that mother again.

> > >

> > >

> > > Jack - 5 months

> > > tort/plagio

> > > DOCBand - 6/2/05

> >

> >

> >

>

>

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