Did I just post? This stupid computer!!!! Anyway...done but not happy

April 13, 2009

I don't know if my first attempt at this was posted.

Anyway, last week was 's last visit to the ortho.

He is down to 0mm asymmetry (having started at 11mm) and

86.25% C.I. (having started at 94%).

I went to the appointment prepared to really push for more

time in the Starband to correct the brachy, but when we got

there I found out that is just about to outgrow the helmet!

He only had it for 3 months, but had two major growth spurts

during that time. He started at 6 months old.

The orthotist and my husband are both really happy with 's

headshape, but I am not so satisfied, because the C.I. is still not

in the normal range. The rest of us in our family have very average

C.I.'s, I'd say by looking, so I think 's brachy was really

caused by positional conditions (including the two months of repo).

I have to admit, though, that his head is round and not flat in the

back. The high C.I. looks more to be due to a very wide spot in the

middle, like above the ears. I'm sorry I don't have new pictures to

post. If you look at the ones I posted earlier under P.

you'll get an idea. (Might be a bit better now.)

Here are my questions: is it even possible for us to get a second

band with those numbers? How long would it take with a band to see

correction down to the low 80's? Finally, has anyone (???)

seen improvement in the C.I. over time without a band? There was a

study someone posted here indicating that that is likely, but it was

a really small study. Fortunately, likes to sleep completely

on his side now (either one) so at least I don't have to watch him

lying on the back.

I know a lot of you would be thrilled to have measurements like mine,

so I apologize for whining about it! Perhaps someone on here

has had a similar experience.

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