Re: Kaitlyn is done with treatment

[Guest guest]

hi naomi, i looked at the pictures. kaitlyn is beautiful! she is

just adorable. now the pictures in the mirror, are those older

pictures? the mirror totally brings out even the slightest

asymmetry. my son looks much worse in the mirror, than he looks

straigt on. the before and after pictures show great improvement. i

think she looks great. but you are the mommy and see every

imperfection, just like i see it in my son more than anyone else

does.

> > >

> > > Well Kaitlyn is done with her helmet treatment. Her skull has

> > > corrected as much as it can with the helmet. She only had 2

mm

> of

> > > correction but it did prevent her skull from becoming even

> more

> > > misshapen. So I should be happy right? Then why do I feel so

> bad?

> > > The Deformational Plagiocephaly is still apparent and her

> facial

> > > asymmetries will likely always be there. I guess I feel like

I

> > > failed her somehow but there was nothing more that I could

do.

> Her

> > > Plagiocephaly didn't start until she was 9 months old. It

> started

> > > with ridging on the top of her head, by a year old there was

> bulging

> > > on the right side, then at about 14 months the back of her

> head

> > > became flat on the left side. I aggressively pursued a helmet

> due

> > > to her head becoming progressively misshapen over a short

> period of

> > > time. At 15 months she was casted out of state and we left

the

> next

> > > day with her helmet. She wore her helmet for 6 months and is

> now 21

> > > months old. Her head was perfectly round before 9 months old

> so I

> > > believe her Plagiocephaly was due to her bone disease. When

> you

> > > look in the mirror she looks like a totally different child.

> All I

> > > can imagine is her being in Jr. High and brushing her hair in

> front

> > > of the mirror after gym class and the other kids asking why

> her head

> > > looks like that. I suppose I'm being dramatic and I truly

> should be

> > > thankful for the correction that she did have and that it

> prevented

> > > her skull from becoming more misshapen.

> > >

> > > Naomi

> > >

> >

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