A fellow Sick Kid's person

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Hi Cheryl

I am a felow Sick Kids person - hopefully you will get good feedback

from the orthotist at Sick Kids. My son is now 10 months old but he

got his helmet at 9 months. We were a little late to the game

because our Ped (who I love) was reluctant saying it was mild. At

our 9 month appointment, she changed her words to borderline - we

were at Sick Kids a few days later and had a helmet one week later.

The results in the past six weeks have been awesome. I blogged it a

few weeks ago so will paste the link back here. I will add a new

photo to blog as well so you can see the improvement. The pictures

are at four weeks after the start of treatment. As far as

measurements go, I think Sick Kids uses different measurements than

craniotech. The only measurement done for my kiddo was the bridge of

nose to ear canal - we had a differential of 7.5mm. AT our first

appointment it was 3mm difference - big improvement.

After being told we were mild by the ped, the orthotist thought we

were modertate to severe. I am not sure we are close to severe

because I have seen some noggins on these pages that were obviously

in need of correction - our need was there but not absolutely

critical.

I have loved the orthotist at Sick Kids and all the advice they have

given. I was reluctant because of some not-so-positive experiences

at Sick Kids but our experience has been the absolute opposite. I am

hoping to be out by x-mas (his first birthday is January 5th) but we

shall see at our next appointment. [bTW, my helmet was covered by my

company insurance.]

http://somewhere-close-to-home.blogspot.com/2006/10/progress.html

Ann