Re: New member and glasses question

[Guest guest]

Pam:

We have had a good number of kids who have had glasses with their DOC

Band. Just bring his glasses with to your appointment when he gets

his band and the therapists with be able to accomodate the glasses.

Carol kson

Cranial Technologies, Inc.

> Hi! Before I jump in and start asking questions I wanted to first

introduce

> myself.

>

> My name is Pam and I live in Mesa, Arizona with my DH and DS,

who is

> now 10 months. was born premature at 26 weeks gestation

weighing 1

> lb. 9.2 oz (I have a website for him at

http://www.primenet.com/~pammyk if

> you are interested). Overall he has done well. At his 6 month

pediatrician

> appointment (3 month adjusted) we showed the Dr. that we noticed a

flat spot

> on his back right side of his head. The Dr. said to try keeping

him on his

> left side more and he would re-evaluate. At his 9 month

appointment (6

> adjusted) in December his head had not shown any improvement but

his Dr.

> wanted to wait until his 1 yr. appointment to re-evaluate. Since

he would

> really be only 9 months adjusted the Dr. said most babies " round

out " by

> then so he wanted to wait.

>

> I had my doubts but took his word. A week or so later another

mommy on one

> of my other lists said her son had been diagnosed with

plagiocephaly and her

> description of her sons head shape sounded just like 's --

slight

> bulging on right side of forehead, ears mis-aligned, parallelogram-

ish shape

> of the head. Also, at a developmental checkup in January (since he

was born

> so soon the state early intervention program follows his development

> closely) the therapists and nurses there felt I should really push

my Dr.

> for the referral because they thought he shouldn't wait.

>

> Because of their including the recommendation for a specialist on

their

> developmental evaluation report, my Dr. went ahead and got us a

referral to

> a neurosurgeon (Dr. Cherney in Phoenix through Barrow's Neurological

> Institute) which will be on March 7th. SO now I am just waiting

until then

> to see what the recommendation will be and how the insurance (Aetna

USHC

> HMO) will handle it.

>

> Now, on to my question. On top of everything else was

given a

> prescription for eye glasses last month. I am now wondering how I

will

> manage to keep those on if he ends up with the DOC Band. Does

anyone here

> have any experience with that combination? Any input?

>

> Thanks in advance,

> Pam C.

> 3/25/00

> http://www.primenet.com/~pammyk

[Guest guest]

>Pam:>>We have had a good number of kids who have had glasses with their DOC >Band. Just bring his glasses with to your appointment when he gets >his band and the therapists with be able to accomodate the glasses.>>Carol kson>Cranial Technologies, Inc.

Wonderful. Thank you everyone for your responses. I feel more at ease going in to this than before. I'll post to let everyone know how our first appointment goes on March 7th.

Thanks again,

Pam C. 3/25/00http://www.primenet.com/~pammyk

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam,

I'm not sure, but I think that it might have been my message posted

on in the preemie group that you read. At any rate, I'm so glad

you've joined us. I just visited 's site. Boy, has your

family been through a lot in the past year. But what a sweetie

is - well worth it! Good luck and let us know how your

appointment goes on the 7th...

Have a great weekend!

e

4/00 (a 35 weeker)

Gaylord, Michigan