Re: UPDATE - UK Parents - Tegan

[Guest guest]

Nick:

I'm so glad things went so well & you got the answers you needed.

That's also great they already casted Tegan. Maybe it's a good thing

that you weren't aware they were going to cast her right away -

otherwise you probably would've been a nervous wreck waiting for the

appt., so now the hard part is done & over with! Shew. Tegan will

be on her way to a rounder head in no time now.

Be sure you let us know when her band is in & how she adjusts to it

(I'm sure she'll be just fine).

Debbie Abby's mom DOCgrad

MI

--- In Plagiocephaly@y..., " purplesystems " <nick.whitfield@p...>

wrote:

> Well thanks to this group, I managed to track down a consultant at

> Kings College in London who we visited yesterday with Tegan. Along

> with his colleague, they diagnosed that Tegan has moderate plagio

and

> no sign of craniostenosis which is a massive relief.

>

> Part of the visit was an initial discussion explaining the medical

> reasons as to what had happened to Tegans head and enabled me to

ask

> questions without being shunned as I have been by my local doctors.

>

> The result was that we immediately decided to go with their advice

> and have a cast taken of Tegans head for a band. One thing I wasn't

> prepared for was the actual taking of the mould of her head. Its

> pretty dramatic and upsetting for the baby but only took 5 minutes.

> She has her band fitted in 3 weeks time as it is being made in

> Germany and Dr Blecher only visits the UK for 1 day every 3 to 4

> weeks.

>

> They estimate that she will have to wear the band for 4 to 5 months

> and think they can get about 80% correction which they say will

mean

> it will not be noticable when she has finished treatment.

>

> I'd like to thank the group and all those who responded as Tegan

has

> started on her trip to getting her plagio treated. Thanks.

>

> I will also keep you all posted about the progress and I'll post

some

> pictures of Tegan once I work out how to use my digital camera.

>

> Thanks again

>

> Nick and baby Tegan