Appointment today-Confused!!!

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Hi all,

Well Novali had her first follow up appointment today with Dr. Daw,

the specialist who recommended the STARband. He's the assistant

professor at UIC's Craniofacial Center. Anyway he looked at her

briefly, measured her head circumference, and told me that it looks

much better. He said he's surprised she's gotten so much improvement

so fast, given her age. Now, he gave this opinion after looking at

her for 2 minutes, when he hadn't seen her since April. I don't know

what to think! How could he make such a judgement without any actual

proof, just by looking at her. It's been 4 months, I'm sure he's

seen many patients to specifically remember what her head looked

like. I don't see improvement at all. Could it just be me? Should

I trust his judgement. He is the expert after all. I want to be

happy and reassured but somehow I'm not. Any thoughts?

Tamara, mom to Novali (16 mo. STARband since 7/2/02)

http://www.centellas.org/novali

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Tamara:

Did the Dr even have pictures to compare her head shape today to? I

am sure you would have noticed any improvement yourself if there

actually has been, so definitely trust your judgement on this one!

Like you siad, he's seen soooo many patients since Novali, I'm sure

he doesn't remember much about her headshape 4 mos ago!

How's she doing?

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

> Hi all,

>

> Well Novali had her first follow up appointment today with Dr. Daw,

> the specialist who recommended the STARband. He's the assistant

> professor at UIC's Craniofacial Center. Anyway he looked at her

> briefly, measured her head circumference, and told me that it looks

> much better. He said he's surprised she's gotten so much

improvement

> so fast, given her age. Now, he gave this opinion after looking at

> her for 2 minutes, when he hadn't seen her since April. I don't

know

> what to think! How could he make such a judgement without any

actual

> proof, just by looking at her. It's been 4 months, I'm sure he's

> seen many patients to specifically remember what her head looked

> like. I don't see improvement at all. Could it just be me?

Should

> I trust his judgement. He is the expert after all. I want to be

> happy and reassured but somehow I'm not. Any thoughts?

>

> Tamara, mom to Novali (16 mo. STARband since 7/2/02)

> http://www.centellas.org/novali

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He didn't have pictures during our appointment, I don't know if he

looked at any beforehand. They had more pictures taken yesterday so

I'm sure they will compare. It just seemed funny that he would make

such a quick judgement without measurements or pictures. My response

was surprise, I was kinda like, " really, are you sure? " and he said

yes. I don't know how to feel or what to think!

Novali is doing ok. She had a big red welt on her cheek a few weeks

ago that actually got worse after her last adjustment. We took her

in on Tuesday and they adjusted it again. It's finally almost

healed. I've had the helmet on and off to try and speed up the

process. Other than that she's fine... Thanks.

Tamara

> > Hi all,

> >

> > Well Novali had her first follow up appointment today with Dr.

Daw,

> > the specialist who recommended the STARband. He's the assistant

> > professor at UIC's Craniofacial Center. Anyway he looked at her

> > briefly, measured her head circumference, and told me that it

looks

> > much better. He said he's surprised she's gotten so much

> improvement

> > so fast, given her age. Now, he gave this opinion after looking

at

> > her for 2 minutes, when he hadn't seen her since April. I don't

> know

> > what to think! How could he make such a judgement without any

> actual

> > proof, just by looking at her. It's been 4 months, I'm sure he's

> > seen many patients to specifically remember what her head looked

> > like. I don't see improvement at all. Could it just be me?

> Should

> > I trust his judgement. He is the expert after all. I want to be

> > happy and reassured but somehow I'm not. Any thoughts?

> >

> > Tamara, mom to Novali (16 mo. STARband since 7/2/02)

> > http://www.centellas.org/novali