Re: [SPAM] Hi I'm new - any advice?

[Guest guest]

My son just graduated from his DOC band. We went to the Phx Cranial Tech and just LOVED it. Mendy was our clinician and she was wonderful. Spencer adjusted quickly to the DOC band. He was almost 6 months when he got the band. (He had left side plagio). He graduated from the band after 12 weeks of being in it. We are fighting our insurance to get reimbursed for the cost, but if I had to do everything over again, I would pay for the band and got to Cranial Tech. I felt very comfortable there and they were very knowledgeable. I know a lot of the time insurance and who is in network tends to be the deciding factor. In this case, I wouldn't let that be the deciding factor. Which ever facility you choose, I'm sure will be good. Good Luck and keep us posted.

Lorie

Mom to Spencer and Alizabeth 91/2 months

Spencer- DOC band GRAD- 9/2007-12/2007

Glendale, AZ

[sPAM] Hi I'm new - any advice?

Our pediatrician sent us to the neorosurgeon at Phx Childrens after we tried repositioning and it didn't get any better. The neorsurgeon did a CT and found our daughter has a moderate case of Metopic Synostosis (Premature fusion of the bone that runs down the forehead). This has cause brachycephaly to wear her head is almost as wide in the back as it is long. Our pediatrician referred us to Hanger and the neorosurgeon referred us to Cranial Tech (at Phx Childrens). The neorosurgeon is hoping that the helmet will help to avoid surgery. We have gone to both consultations and are waiting to hear back from the insurance but we already know that Cranial Tech is not in nework so we will end up paying about half if approved. I felt more comfortable with Cranial Tech. My daughter just turned 8 months and so I am trying to decide what I am going to do if the insurance approves or denies us so that we can go ahead ASAP. Does anyone have experience with either Hanger or Cranial Tech in Arizona? Has anyone had a child in a similar situation?

[Guest guest]

Is surgery needed for the metopic syntosis? I didn't think a band

would work with craniosyntosis but works after surgery.

>

> My son just graduated from his DOC band. We went to the Phx

Cranial Tech and just LOVED it. Mendy was our clinician and she was

wonderful. Spencer adjusted quickly to the DOC band. He was almost

6 months when he got the band. (He had left side plagio). He

graduated from the band after 12 weeks of being in it. We are

fighting our insurance to get reimbursed for the cost, but if I had

to do everything over again, I would pay for the band and got to

Cranial Tech. I felt very comfortable there and they were very

knowledgeable. I know a lot of the time insurance and who is in

network tends to be the deciding factor. In this case, I wouldn't

let that be the deciding factor. Which ever facility you choose, I'm

sure will be good. Good Luck and keep us posted.

>

> Lorie

> Mom to Spencer and Alizabeth 91/2 months

> Spencer- DOC band GRAD- 9/2007-12/2007

> Glendale, AZ

> [sPAM] Hi I'm new - any advice?

>

>

> Our pediatrician sent us to the neorosurgeon at Phx Childrens

after we

> tried repositioning and it didn't get any better. The

neorsurgeon did

> a CT and found our daughter has a moderate case of Metopic

Synostosis

> (Premature fusion of the bone that runs down the forehead). This

has

> cause brachycephaly to wear her head is almost as wide in the

back as

> it is long. Our pediatrician referred us to Hanger and the

> neorosurgeon referred us to Cranial Tech (at Phx Childrens). The

> neorosurgeon is hoping that the helmet will help to avoid

surgery. We

> have gone to both consultations and are waiting to hear back

from the

> insurance but we already know that Cranial Tech is not in nework

so we

> will end up paying about half if approved. I felt more

comfortable

> with Cranial Tech. My daughter just turned 8 months and so I am

> trying to decide what I am going to do if the insurance approves

or

> denies us so that we can go ahead ASAP. Does anyone have

experience

> with either Hanger or Cranial Tech in Arizona? Has anyone had a

child

> in a similar situation?

>