Vivian finally got her new hat!

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Hi everyone!

Well, Vivian finally got her STARband on Saturday. It was supposed

to come on Friday (which was one week late) and it did not!!! I was

so mad I just thought I would go ballistic. It had a thumbprint in

the plastic so it was a quality control thing. I'm like - whatever -

I'm just going to put a sticker on it - but oh well.

So the orthotist calls me late Friday and was like " Bill at

Orthomerica feels so badly about how this has gone that he is going

to ship it for tommorrow morning " so she came in on Saturday (they

are closed so I thought this was very nice of her) so that we

wouldn't have to wait until Monday to get her fitted.

I had nightmares about it all night on Friday like - ACK - what if

it doesn't fit, what if it looks terrible (Debbie - I just kept on

picturing Abby's STARband photos) - but it looks great. Fits like a

glove, the orthotist trimmed it beautifully, and she doesn't mind

wearing it at all. She slept like a log in it last night. She has

a red spot on the side of her head abover her ear- so hubby is

taking her in today for a little adjustment. I decorated it with

purple letters and these really cute muted pattern star and polka

dot stickers.

We went to the mall on Sunday since she was feeling good and we got

a couple of stares, nothing we couldn't deal with. I did hear one

lady tell her daughter that " she must have been in a very bad

accident " . Funny what people will say when they don't really even

know what it is.

Anywhoo- just wanted to let everyone know how it went and thank you

all again for your wisdom and support. I don't think I would have

gone through with it without this group.

& Vivian banded 09/28/02