almost 19 months and just got casted

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Hi all, we are back from our long trip to houston yesterday. andy is

mild/moderate. the doctor said his ears and forehead are pretty

symmetrical and that is good because at his age it's unlikely to change.

He did mention the sticky suture thing and mentioned surgery at the age

of 3 which I blanked out the reasoning for as I can't think that far

right now. no xrays or anything to diagnose this. I think it's just a

positional plagio thing. The doctor was pacing he was so angry at our

experiences with the doctors in austin. he said in the last 8 months he's

seen a whole lot of people from austin and after hearing what I had to

say, he said they will be doing a workshop here to educate doctors.

anyway, andy got casted the same day while we were in town. He cried and

screamed for mama which broke my heart. I held it together until it was

over then we both cried with plaster all over both of us. we are

looking at probably 6 months of treatment and may have a hard time

getting him not to take his own band off or his brother doing it for

him! should be interesting.. but I had to try. even if it fails, it will

be worth it to me.. money and time. I just wish we'd done it sooner, of

course. we'll go back in about a week for the first fitting and then a

week after that for another. lots of driving. about 3 hours each way.

the little tv we got for the van was a lifesaver. only 200 dollars which

is nothing compared to the 3k we plunked down out of pocket for the band.

again, to me, the money is well worth even a 5 percent improvement. we

were told 10 percent would be good, but we are hopeful for more. wish us

luck... diane

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Diane,

Good luck and here's hoping for even more correction than expected!

Sue &

> Hi all, we are back from our long trip to houston yesterday. andy is

> mild/moderate. the doctor said his ears and forehead are pretty

> symmetrical and that is good because at his age it's unlikely to

change.

> He did mention the sticky suture thing and mentioned surgery at the

age

> of 3 which I blanked out the reasoning for as I can't think that far

> right now. no xrays or anything to diagnose this. I think it's

just a

> positional plagio thing. The doctor was pacing he was so angry at

our

> experiences with the doctors in austin. he said in the last 8

months he's

> seen a whole lot of people from austin and after hearing what I had

to

> say, he said they will be doing a workshop here to educate doctors.

> anyway, andy got casted the same day while we were in town. He

cried and

> screamed for mama which broke my heart. I held it together until it

was

> over then we both cried with plaster all over both of us. we are

> looking at probably 6 months of treatment and may have a hard time

> getting him not to take his own band off or his brother doing it for

> him! should be interesting.. but I had to try. even if it fails,

it will

> be worth it to me.. money and time. I just wish we'd done it

sooner, of

> course. we'll go back in about a week for the first fitting and

then a

> week after that for another. lots of driving. about 3 hours each

way.

> the little tv we got for the van was a lifesaver. only 200 dollars

which

> is nothing compared to the 3k we plunked down out of pocket for the

band.

> again, to me, the money is well worth even a 5 percent

improvement. we

> were told 10 percent would be good, but we are hopeful for more.

wish us

> luck... diane