waiting on band

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Hi folks,

We have a 16wk. old beautiful baby boy (yes boys are beautiful too). I deliverd

at 37 wks. after 2 solid hrs. of pushing and vacuum assitance. He was diagnosed

with toritcollis at his 2 mo. checkup and the pediatrician set us up with a

physical therapist to work on the toricollis and hopefully correct or at least

prevent worsening of his plagio. His tort. is improving and he's got really

good range of motion. His plagio however didn't change as much as we'd hoped.

The physical therapist gave us several options for banding companies. She'd

seen good results with Hanger in sville, NC and they are a little more

convenient for us. Not that convenience is the deciding factor, but I used all

my sick time and then some due to bed rest and my husband and I both work...so

trying to make it to Cranial Tech. in Charlotte by 5 pm on a regular basis

seemed like a daunting tasks. We went to Hanger for a consult and found out

that his deviation is 15 mm. We were pleasantly surprised that BCBS of NC is

covering 80% (once we meet deduct.) We were supposed to go for his first

fitting today, but there was a delay in getting his band here and will go next

Thur. In the mean time, I've found much help and support here simply by reading

(this is my first post). Thanks in advance to you all. I think decorating the

band will help make it a little easier to deal with. I know banding is the

right thing to do, I'm just not wanting to deal with all the stares and

questions. So after all the excessive details, here are my 2 main questions:

- Have any of you dealt with Hanger in sville (or other locations)? Would

love to hear any experiences, good, hopefully none bad.

- Tips on decorating with stickers- I'd like to change regularly. What's the

deal with Modpodge? Can you remove it to change? I have some rub ons, wall

decals and stickers from s.

Thanks again!