Re: Amy's Casting Completed!

May 23, 2002

Ellen:

I'm happy to hear Amy handled the casting pretty well! That's great,

the hard part is now over with. My Abby is living proof that the

DOCband does work with " older " children. I am sure Amy will also

have good success.

What terrific news about Aetna paying w/o giving you any hassles! YAY.

I am sure you were quite disappointed to hear Amy still shows signs

of tort.. , our resident tort. expert, will surely provied you

the tort. links you are looking for.

Let us know when Amy's band is in. Thanks for the good update.

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

> Hi Everyone,

> Amy had her casting today for her DOC Band at age 12 1/2 months! It

> wasn't bad at all. She sometimes cries that much for a diaper

change!

> It was an interesting process, especially since I've done plaster

face

> masks with my art students. AEtna U.S. Healthcare came through as

well,

> we got approval in 24 hours. Our portion for the band should be

about

> $680.00, for the first band.

>

> I need more help from you all. Our OT at Cranial Tech thought she

still

> had some torticollis. I thought we had resolved that one on our

own.

> Can someone give me all those tort links? She suggested we see a

> pediatric physical therapist and I'd like any suggestions you have

on

> finding one. I'm going to contact our doula who is in charge of

> education at our local hospital and see if she knows anyone close

by that

> actually knows something about tort. From all our recent

experiences,

> I'm more than a little skeptical.

>

> For all of you with older babies, our OT said she is currently

treating

> twins in VA that are 2 years old when they got their bands and she

is

> pleasantly surprised with the results already! What great news!

>

> Thanks especially to Debbie, Robyn, Marci, , , and

Candy for

> your words of support!

> By the way, I'm in the over the hill group at 39.

>

> Hugs to all,

> Ellen

> Amy's mom

> New Jersey

>

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May 23, 2002

Ellen,

I am glad to hear that Amy has come through the casting with flying

colors! The hard part is behind you now. And a big Woohoo! on

Aetna coming through for you. I am going to leave the tort questions

for to answer, she knows it all. Be sure to let us know when

the band comes in!

Niki

Kaylie & Danny (STAR grads)

Phila., PA