Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Hi Bobbi Can you take new pictures? Have your husband or somone actually hold her so you can get straight down shots of her. I can't see the forehead difference be an optical illusion, but who knows. ) Sandy Willow's mom Torticollis resolved Cranio Germany Grad > > > > > > > > Hi ! I added the scan pics that Kaitlyn had taken today > (photo > > > > album titled Kaitlyn ). Also an update, we have 2 > decisions > > > > to make, either to take the band off for good or wait a little > longer > > > > so me and my husband are having a long talk tonight about > > > > everything. Her orthotist is happy with how her head looks, > he said > > > > we can keep it on another month and do another rescan so > pretty much > > > > take it month by month from here on out or be all done with > it. He > > > > said IF there is anymore correction it may be minimal, he said > > > > probably not enough to make much of a difference but yet he > said I > > > > can't see into a crystal ball to really know, he said maybe > she will > > > > show more growth but being she is older and her head growth is > > > > slowing down it will be more than likely minimal growth. So > that is > > > > where we are at now. He also did notice a bit of torticollis > back, > > > > not bad but some so I've got an appt all set up to take her > back to > > > > physical therapy for it. I'm quite happy with how her head > looks in > > > > the scan and in person but yet I told her orthotist I may just > leave > > > > it on another month, do a rescan and if it shows no more > growth then > > > > call it quits, if she does show a little bit of growth then > let's go > > > > another month, it's just a hard decision to make right now > because > > > > her head looks really good and yes I'm so ready for her helmet > to be > > > > off but yet there's that part of me that says MAYBE we can get > just a > > > > tiny bit more correction. So I'll talk to my husband more > tonight > > > > and I have to call her orthotist back up tomorrow and let him > know > > > > our decision. He said her head by looking at the scans and > looking > > > > at it in person is within normal range, he said heck some > people > > > > would love to end up with Kaitlyns shape head because some > people > > > > don't get that good of correction with the helmets meaning the > more > > > > severe cases such as brach. He tried showing me some pics of > kids > > > > that have graduated and their heads don't look as good as > Kaitlyns so > > > > that's a plus there. All I know is my head is killing me LOL > it's > > > > such a tough decision right now! Check out the pics of her > scan I > > > > just posted, I labeled them todays scan 4-5-06 and tell me > what you > > > > think! > > > > thanks ! > > > > > > > > Bobbi, mommy to Kaitlyn , 11 months old > > > > Tort and plag-banded on 12-15-05 > > > > Michigan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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