Article in my local newspaper..

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

Well it looks like someone beat me to it. There was a half page

article in my local newspaper about Plagio. It wasn't the best

written article I have seen...it didn't mention Torticollis, facial

assymetry, nor did it mention that babies with moderate to severe

cases could face medical problems in the future if left

untreated....but it was a start. At least it put the words

Positional Plagiocephaly out there and it did say something about,

although most babies don't need helmet therapy, it is a good idea to

get them to a specialist to be evaluated.........so at least they

aknowledge that babies with flat spots should see a specialist.

I will scan the article in the next couple of days if anyone is

interested in reading it.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday!

Sincerely,

Jaya Dong

i's Mom

[Guest guest]

Just a thought, but it is never to late to write a letter to the

editor. You could always say that the information that they provided

was not helpful and hurtful to the Plagio cause and that they should

have researched better and spoken to other sources. If you needed

the article to refer to but dont' have it, I am sure you can probably

get it at your local library............just a thought. )

Sincerely,

Jaya Dong

--- In Plagiocephalyegroups, " " <crackerapm@h...>

wrote:

> Our Newspaper ran an article back in July about positional

plagicephaly. It

> was written from the perspective of SIDS and back to sleep. It

also took

> the position that Doctors are over prescribing helmet therapy and

that the

> majority of plagicephaly suffers are corrected for " cosmetic "

reasons. It

> was certainly inappropriate especially since we have a world

renowned

> Children's Hospital to consult with in our backyard. My cranial

plastic

> surgeon stated that he wish his field had been interviewed to

provide some

> information. If I had known back then what I know now, I would

have

> certainly written a letter to the editor.

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: " Jaya Dong " <angandjaya@e...>

> <Plagiocephalyegroups>

> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 8:10 AM

> Subject: Article in my local newspaper..

>

>

> > Hello everyone,

> >

> > Well it looks like someone beat me to it. There was a half page

> > article in my local newspaper about Plagio. It wasn't the best

> > written article I have seen...it didn't mention Torticollis,

facial

> > assymetry, nor did it mention that babies with moderate to severe

> > cases could face medical problems in the future if left

> > untreated....but it was a start. At least it put the words

> > Positional Plagiocephaly out there and it did say something about,

> > although most babies don't need helmet therapy, it is a good idea

to

> > get them to a specialist to be evaluated.........so at least they

> > aknowledge that babies with flat spots should see a specialist.

> >

> > I will scan the article in the next couple of days if anyone is

> > interested in reading it.

> >

> > I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday!

> >

> > Sincerely,

> > Jaya Dong

> > i's Mom

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

That's a GREAT idea Jaya!

Kg

Jaya Dong wrote:

Just a thought, but it is never to late to write

a letter to the

editor. You could always say that the information that they

provided

was not helpful and hurtful to the Plagio cause and that they should

have researched better and spoken to other sources. If you

needed

the article to refer to but dont' have it, I am sure you can probably

get it at your local library............just a thought. )

Sincerely,

Jaya Dong

--- In Plagiocephalyegroups, " " <crackerapm@h...>

wrote:

> Our Newspaper ran an article back in July about positional

plagicephaly. It

> was written from the perspective of SIDS and back to sleep.

It

also took

> the position that Doctors are over prescribing helmet therapy

and

that the

> majority of plagicephaly suffers are corrected for "cosmetic"

reasons. It

> was certainly inappropriate especially since we have a world

renowned

> Children's Hospital to consult with in our backyard. My

cranial

plastic

> surgeon stated that he wish his field had been interviewed to

provide some

> information. If I had known back then what

I know now, I would

have

> certainly written a letter to the editor.

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "Jaya Dong" <angandjaya@e...>

> <Plagiocephalyegroups>

> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 8:10 AM

> Subject: Article in my local newspaper..

>

>

> > Hello everyone,

> >

> > Well it looks like someone beat me to it. There was a

half page

> > article in my local newspaper about Plagio. It wasn't

the best

> > written article I have seen...it didn't mention Torticollis,

facial

> > assymetry, nor did it mention that babies with moderate to

severe

> > cases could face medical problems in the future if left

> > untreated....but it was a start. At least it put the

words

> > Positional Plagiocephaly out there and it did say something

about,

> > although most babies don't need helmet therapy, it is a good

idea

to

> > get them to a specialist to be evaluated.........so at least

they

> > aknowledge that babies with flat spots should see a specialist.

> >

> > I will scan the article in the next couple of days if anyone

is

> > interested in reading it.

> >

> > I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday!

> >

> > Sincerely,

> > Jaya Dong

> > i's Mom

> >

> >

> >

> >