Re: Update: Purvi vs. Ansie

[Guest guest]

If Ansie is available to do the first fitting on 6/23, do you think

it's better to request her to do the fitting for us or do you think

it's better that we wait one more week to get Purvi to do it?

Mother of 10 months old twin boys, central NJ

> & gt; & gt; & gt;

> & gt; & gt; & gt; -

> & gt; & gt; & gt; OMG, how cute is Isaac's hair when it's all dry and

fluffy! It's

> & gt; & gt; & gt; adorable!

> & gt; & gt; & gt;

> & gt; & gt; & gt; I do see more flatness from the side on both of them.

The starscans

> & gt; & gt; & gt; only show the shape of the head from the top, and I

don't think

> it's

> & gt; & gt; & gt; as noticable from that angle, so maybe Joe is

depending too much on

> & gt; & gt; & gt; the report and not enough on the head itself? I don't

know. Was

> & gt; & gt; & gt; their hair slicked down or held down with a stocking

cap for the

> & gt; & gt; & gt; scan? I agree, that from the scan alone, it looks

like Garrick's

> & gt; & gt; & gt; head is completely symmetrical. But from the side

angle, it looks

> & gt; & gt; & gt; like his flatness is slightly worse than Isaac's. Weird.

> & gt; & gt; & gt;

> & gt; & gt; & gt; I don't know of one baby who ended up with a worse

shaped head that

> & gt; & gt; & gt; went to CT. The worst stories I've heard have come

from Danmar and

> & gt; & gt; & gt; Hanger helmets, where some of those babies ended up

with heads in

> & gt; & gt; & gt; worse shape than they started (plagio when they

started with

> brachy,

> & gt; & gt; & gt; heads growing out the top of the band because they

had nowhere else

> & gt; & gt; & gt; to grow), or just no change at all and a lot of time

and money

> & gt; & gt; & gt; wasted. I personally think you couldn't go wrong with

CT, but if

> you

> & gt; & gt; & gt; feel more comfortable going with the STARBand, I

still think it

> & gt; & gt; & gt; would be worth a shot. Oh by the way, how much

experience does Joe

> & gt; & gt; & gt; have with the STARBand?

> & gt; & gt; & gt;

> & gt; & gt; & gt; CT was out of network for us, but insurance still

covered 75% of

> the

> & gt; & gt; & gt; cost. We haven't heard back about the second claim

yet, but I was

> & gt; & gt; & gt; told it would be covered as well at the same amount.

> & gt; & gt; & gt;

> & gt; & gt; & gt;

> & gt; & gt; & gt; Jake-20m (tort resolved/rt plagio/2nd DOCBand-Day 2)

> & gt;

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