Re: Theresa & Jessie :)

[Guest guest]

Hi Theresa:

Welcome to our group!!! I am so happy to hear that magazine article

helped you & your daughter. It's too bad your pediatrician didn't

acknowledge your concerns promptly - but the important thing is that

Jessie will be on her way to a rounder head in no time! You'll be

very happy with her DOCband , my daughter also started her DOC

treatment at 11.5 mos with severe plagio - we were still able to get

good correction in 4.5 mos time.

You are a terrific mom! Good luck with the fitting Saturday - let us

know how Jessie & mom & dad adjust to her new band this weekend.

Welcome again

Debbie Abby's mom DOCgrad

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