To Band or Not - Thank You, Decision Made!

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Hello,

For all of you who responded to my request for advice, thank you very

much for your insights and your support. It's comforting to know

that we're not alone and so many others have gone through a similar

situation. This is a great egroup and I'm really glad to have found

it.

We took Drew to Cranial Tech for a consultation yesterday. We were a

little surprised to hear that the technician considered

Drew " moderate " , not " mild " as we thought, in severity. The reason

he is considered moderate is that in addition to the flatness, his

ears are misaligned. He said that as Drew gets older the abnormality

will appear to lessen, but it would never go away and his ears would

never realign without banding.

Based on what we learned yesterday, and the information I've gathered

from this egroup and other websites, we've decided to go ahead with

the band. As many of you recommended, I'm going with my gut feel. I

am still hesitant. I don't think I'll feel completely comfortable

until we get the band and Drew adjusts to it. I'm very worried that

he won't like it. But I know if we don't do this, I will continue to

worry for his well-being as he gets older. So, we go in for casting

tomorrow!

My husband is very supportive, unfortunately, the rest of my family

is still pretty lukewarm to the idea. Hopefully, as one of you

mentioned, they'll come around after we get the band and start seeing

changes.

Thanks again for your help. If you have any additional words of

wisdom, things we should be aware of prior to casting/banding, please

let me know. If you'd like to email me directly, we're at

gpfeiff@...

Regards,

Lily