Re: Just Diagnosed/casted (long!)

March 13, 2001

Stasia,

Welcome to the group - you have come to the right place. The best way to find

out what kind of device you will receive is to call your orthotist and ask.

You will probably get a DOCband, STARband or a locally made helmet. If you

look in the files seciton of the plagio homepage you will see a file folder

regarding types of treatments. It might be helpful to you to browse through

this file and look at some of the different types of devices that are made.

There are variations of almost everything! As far as the casting process, we

have all been there and we can sure sympathize. I guess it must be the

standard procedure because everyone here has been through the same experience.

We had a 3-D CT scan and our daughter was sedated. We had the appointment for

EARLY in the morning (we had to be there around 6 AM) since wasn't

allowed to eat anything for 8 hours prior to the scan. When we got there they

gave us a large syringe full of an orange liquid that we gave her. She cried

and fussed as she felt more and more tired - she was trying to fight off the

feeling of going to sleep. She was fast asleep in about 20-30 minutes. We

carried her into the room where the scan was to take place and then had to

leave and wait outside. They brought her to the recovery area and

administered oxygen. The oxygen speeds up the " waking up " process. She was

doing great and almost awake withing about 20 mintues when the tech came in

and said they had missed something on the orders and were going to have to

take her back in for one more scan!!! They tried to take her in right away

hoping that she was still asleep enough, but she wasn't. They couldn't give

her more of the same anasthesia (sp?) so they came in and gave her a shot of

something else. She was out in minutes after that!!!! They took her back in

and finished the job. When she came back out it took much longer to " wake "

her up. They explained that that was because the shot was a little more

powerful. She did come out of it after about a half an hour and was just

fine. She slept away the majority of the morning - waking a couple of times

only briefly. By mid-afternoon she was back to her normal self. The process

was kind of scary, but I had my Mom and my husband with me and that made all

the difference in the world. It would have been better if they had not had to

sedate her TWICE, but at least we got all the information we needed in one

visit. I wasn't about to volunteer to come back and finish another day - once

is enough.

I sure am glad that you found us. You should get some great feedback to your

post. There are a lot of us here who had scans and/or x-rays.

Marci (Mom to )

Oklahoma

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