Re: Caleb's helmet is ordered...Hello

[Guest guest]

Hello karen and welcome to the group! Keep us posted on how therapy

goes for the torticollis and Caleb's adjustment to his band or

helmet.

All the best

Hazel and Andres, 20 months old, Docband Grad 4/06

>

> Well, Caleb had a ct scan on Monday. Wednesday the plastic

surgeon

> saw him, and said he has severe positional plagiocephaly. For

those

> who may not remember my intro, we just adopted Caleb from

> Guatemala. So, his foster mother must not have ever turned him.

> When I asked the doctor he said it was definitely not a birth

> issue. He did say Caleb has a bit of a neck muscle problem, but

it

> is due to the plagiocephaly being so severe. He wrote me a script

> for the helmet and therapy. On Thursday Caleb was casted for his

> helmet. He'll be wearing it for 4 months the doctor said. The

> helmet looks similar to a football helmet. I have printouts of

each

> side of Caleb's CT Scan. Thanks to the kind nurse for printing

them

> for me to send to my husband in Iraq. In the front scan, I can

see

> 2 of his bottom teeth will be coming in first. I thought that was

> cool. I also have pictures to share of him being casted on

> Thursday. I tried to upload them, but it says the upload quota is

> exceeded. I've deleted all my pictures from other ,

and

> it still won't let me even post one picture. Anyway, Caleb's

helmet

> will be picked up on the 25th. 3 days before he turns 6 months

> old. I'm eager to get his therapy started so he can start

healing.

> Each of my visits have been around 7 hours because of the drive

and

> waiting for the doctors to get us in. Its been a crazy busy week

> this week. I ordered the blue colored helmet. Too bad they don't

> come with a way to change the colors. Well, I just wanted to pop

in

> and give an update. I hope to find out what's up with me not

being

> able to post pictures. Maybe someone can give me instructions on

> how to make more room? I deleted like 15 pictures from the

adoption

> group, and it still won't let me add a single picture here.

Thanks

> for any help. Also, one last thing. A huge thank you to Sandy

for

> all your help. I probably would still be waiting for a referral

to

> the doctor if it hadn't been for you. Thanks for all the great

> info!

>