Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Hello everyone! I have not posted in a very long time. My ds, Tyson, has been wearing his band since October 11th, 2006 and we just found out that he has one more month left in it. I have never understood the numbers all I know is that when he started he was moderate and now his plagio is definately considered mild. He still has a prominent forehead on the right and the right side of his head is flatter than the left, but we have seen HUGE improvements. His ears were very misaligned and they have improved so much you can't tell anymore. Also, the back right side of his head has filled in a great deal. It has rounded out and looks completely normal. He will have worn the helmet for a total of 3.5 months when he gets it off. His facial assymetry has also just about completely vanished. We were really not sure whether or not to band for a few reasons: we were told he was borderline and didn't really need one, also he was 8.5 months when he got the band and we thought it was too late to see much improvement in a short time. But we went with it and now we have absolutely no regrets! His plagio was not severe but it was quite noticeable. He has tort and we have continued with pt and stretches so I think that helped the assymetry a lot as well. I just wanted to share our success story with anyone who might be in the process of considering a helmet. We chose the DOCband because we heard good things about it and there is an office 20 minutes away from us (Oakbrook). The orthotists were well trained and very good with our son. We still have one more month to go and there's still room for improvement in his head, but we just take it one day at a time. I want to thank everyone for helping us in our decision to band. It was a hard one to make and everyone in here gave unbiased information that went both ways. Thank you all for your support! I will continue to be a member in this group and I'll probably ask many more questions (including whether to get him a second band.....!), but I just wanted to thank everyone now since the hardest part is over. Thank you all! There are not words that can express the extent of our gratitude to all of you. , mom to Tyson Chicago,IL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 , I am glad things are going so well for Tyson in his band. It sounds like you are pretty pleased with his progress so far. I hope he gets a little rounder in the next month. Keep in touch and let us know how he is improving. Becky , repo grad > > Hello everyone! I have not posted in a very long time. My ds, > Tyson, has been wearing his band since October 11th, 2006 and we > just found out that he has one more month left in it. I have never > understood the numbers all I know is that when he started he was > moderate and now his plagio is definately considered mild. He still > has a prominent forehead on the right and the right side of his head > is flatter than the left, but we have seen HUGE improvements. His > ears were very misaligned and they have improved so much you can't > tell anymore. Also, the back right side of his head has filled in a > great deal. It has rounded out and looks completely normal. He > will have worn the helmet for a total of 3.5 months when he gets it > off. His facial assymetry has also just about completely vanished. > We were really not sure whether or not to band for a few reasons: we > were told he was borderline and didn't really need one, also he was > 8.5 months when he got the band and we thought it was too late to > see much improvement in a short time. But we went with it and now > we have absolutely no regrets! His plagio was not severe but it was > quite noticeable. He has tort and we have continued with pt and > stretches so I think that helped the assymetry a lot as well. I > just wanted to share our success story with anyone who might be in > the process of considering a helmet. We chose the DOCband because > we heard good things about it and there is an office 20 minutes away > from us (Oakbrook). The orthotists were well trained and very good > with our son. We still have one more month to go and there's still > room for improvement in his head, but we just take it one day at a > time. I want to thank everyone for helping us in our decision to > band. It was a hard one to make and everyone in here gave unbiased > information that went both ways. Thank you all for your support! I > will continue to be a member in this group and I'll probably ask > many more questions (including whether to get him a second > band.....!), but I just wanted to thank everyone now since the > hardest part is over. Thank you all! There are not words that can > express the extent of our gratitude to all of you. > > , mom to Tyson > Chicago,IL > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 , I am sooooo happy you guys have seen such great improvement. Doesn't it feel great to know that the helmet is paying off? It is such a hard decision to make, whether or not to band, that it is very gratifying to know you made the right choice for you and your family. Congratulations. Candace, AZ mommy to Tiernan, 7.5 mos tort, plagio Hanger helmet 12/05/06 Ethan, 3 yrs omma227 <bananna227@...> wrote: Hello everyone! I have not posted in a very long time. My ds, Tyson, has been wearing his band since October 11th, 2006 and we just found out that he has one more month left in it. I have never understood the numbers all I know is that when he started he was moderate and now his plagio is definately considered mild. He still has a prominent forehead on the right and the right side of his head is flatter than the left, but we have seen HUGE improvements. His ears were very misaligned and they have improved so much you can't tell anymore. Also, the back right side of his head has filled in a great deal. It has rounded out and looks completely normal. He will have worn the helmet for a total of 3.5 months when he gets it off. His facial assymetry has also just about completely vanished. We were really not sure whether or not to band for a few reasons: we were told he was borderline and didn't really need one, also he was 8.5 months when he got the band and we thought it was too late to see much improvement in a short time. But we went with it and now we have absolutely no regrets! His plagio was not severe but it was quite noticeable. He has tort and we have continued with pt and stretches so I think that helped the assymetry a lot as well. I just wanted to share our success story with anyone who might be in the process of considering a helmet. We chose the DOCband because we heard good things about it and there is an office 20 minutes away from us (Oakbrook). The orthotists were well trained and very good with our son. We still have one more month to go and there's still room for improvement in his head, but we just take it one day at a time. I want to thank everyone for helping us in our decision to band. It was a hard one to make and everyone in here gave unbiased information that went both ways. Thank you all for your support! I will continue to be a member in this group and I'll probably ask many more questions (including whether to get him a second band.....!), but I just wanted to thank everyone now since the hardest part is over. Thank you all! There are not words that can express the extent of our gratitude to all of you., mom to TysonChicago,IL __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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