Re: Babytalk Magazine article on plagio

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I noticed that too! Maybe you can all " meet " each other! Too cool

Debbie Abby's mom

MI

> > Hi all! I am new to the group. I've been reading a lot about an

> article in

> > Parenting Magazine on plagio. I haven't read the article, but

> based on what

> > you guys are saying, it doesn't sound near as good as the article

> I read in

> > Babytalk Magazine. Thanks to this article, our daughter, Jessie,

> will be in

> > her helmet this Saturday. She will be exactly 11 mos. old to the

> day. Kudos

> > to Babytalk Magazine!!! I've already e-mailed them and thanked

> them. I'd

> > never even heard of plagio til I read that article. Like so many

> of you, we

> > were told Jessie's head would round on its own. We first brought

> it to our

> > pediatricians attention @ the 6 mo. checkup. She said not to

worry

> and we'd

> > look at it @ the 9 mo. I was the one who had to bring it up @ the

> 9 mo. and

> > indicated to her that Jessie's head had not changed in 3 mos. At

> that point

> > she sent us for x-rays to rule out craniosynostosis. The x-rays

> showed that

> > no premature closure was taking place and we were told again that

> all was

> > fine. That was on Dec. 17. It wasn't until I read that article

and

> went to

> > the websites it listed for further info. that I learned what our

> daughter

> > had. I new time was of the essence. I called our pediatrician and

> relayed

> > what I'd learned to her nurse. The nurse had never heard of

> plagiocephaly.

> > Our doctor referred us to Dr. Cohen @ Rainbow Children's Hospital

> in

> > Cleveland. He is a pediatric Neurosurgeon. When I called, his

> secretary

> > (understanding the time factor), referred us immediately to

> Straight Ahead

> > Pediatrics (also in Cleveland). She explained that they are

> physical

> > therapists who would evaluate, cast and do all of the follow-up

tx

> using the

> > DOC band. I was told we would not even need to see Dr. Cohen. I

> was amazed at

> > the urgency with which they responded. Jessie was seen just 2

days

> after

> > contacting them and diagnosed as severe. We were told she was

> asymmetrical 21

> > mm (almost 1 inch). She was casted 2 days later and will have

been

> in her

> > helmet 1 week later. They are expecting at least a 50%

> improvement. We'll

> > take it! I thank God that article came to me when it did and for

> the

> > informative websites. I will keep all of you and your precious

> little angels

> > in my prayers. Theresa