Guest guest Posted June 29, 2002 Report Share Posted June 29, 2002 Hi Dina: How's doing in her band now? Did they fix it so she couldn't remove it? I hope it's going better for you guys now, you deserve the best! Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad MI > Hi, > Thank you everyone for replying to my email. This is 's second > try with a band. She did have a Starband from January to March > without much correction. She was in and out of it alot because of > bad adjustments. She was probably in it for 6 consecutives weeks in > total. She had stop wearing it because our ns feared that a suture > maybe closed and we were told not to wear it and sent for scans. We > saw several specialists and one ns and plastic surgeon actually > recommended surgery to correct her retrusive eye. So, she was out of > the band for sometime. Therefore, she outgrow it. This time we went > to a local place that makes a band similiar to the starband but my > insurance covers them 100%. The first band was out of pocket. I > didn't have much confidence in this facility (Hanger) but I figured > we would give it a try. The dr. that sent us there sends lots of kids > there - so how bad can they be? Well, after I told the ortho that > took the whole thing off he said it will be big and keep > putting it on and seeing if she'll evidently leave it! I told him > that it has to be too big. That I would understand if she pulls the > velcro and it comes off but not entirely intact! He said to keep > trying. He said it needs to be big! Well, I know better. I can't > get an appt. until Monday, 6/17, so for now she's not wearing it. I > am going to set him staright on Monday! > Thanks for listening! > Dina and (11 months) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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