Re: 17 month old too late for band

[Guest guest]

Hi -

My son was banded at 17 months old, wore 2 bands from Cranial Tech, and we got a

LOT of correction. Not sure where you are in Florida, but there is a Cranial

Tech in Miami, I believe. They band up to 24 months old, so they're really your

best chance, in my opinion. I would ask the surgeon to take a chance on you. I

know the specialist we saw said it was too late for my son as well, but I

basically broke down in tears and said I at least wanted to try. My son's before

and after photos are in the Older Plagio Kids folder under Jake W. I'm actually

going to email you the PDF version of it as well, feel free to take it with you

as some sort of proof that it's not too late. You can also mention to him that

my son is close to turning 3 now, and what little asymmetry he had when he

graduated from the band, is still there. So it still has magically rounded out

on its own.

Good luck! Please let me know how it goes!

Jake-2.5 (DOCBand Grad 9/08)

Jordan-5

>

> hello!

> I'm new to the group.

> My baby is now 17 month old, he was a preemie born at 26 weeks. His plagio was

noticed very early but his pediatricians kept telling me it would fix by

itself.When he was 13 month I decided to see a specialist too late by then of

course. We were told it's mild and that it's too late for anything other than

surgery which she doesn't recommend because it's " only cosmetic " . Everytime I

look at him from the top I get enraged with the pediatrician and myself for

trusting too much. So I'm bringing him tomorrow again to the craniofacial

surgeon to ask more and try to get over it, I guess. But is it really only

cosmetic? And is it relly too late for bands?

>

> Thank you

> ,Fl

>

[Guest guest]

Just wanted to clarify my last sentence...it still has NOT magically rounded out

on its own. Sorry!

Jake-2.5 (DOCBand Grad 9/08)

Jordan-5

> >

> > hello!

> > I'm new to the group.

> > My baby is now 17 month old, he was a preemie born at 26 weeks. His plagio

was noticed very early but his pediatricians kept telling me it would fix by

itself.When he was 13 month I decided to see a specialist too late by then of

course. We were told it's mild and that it's too late for anything other than

surgery which she doesn't recommend because it's " only cosmetic " . Everytime I

look at him from the top I get enraged with the pediatrician and myself for

trusting too much. So I'm bringing him tomorrow again to the craniofacial

surgeon to ask more and try to get over it, I guess. But is it really only

cosmetic? And is it relly too late for bands?

> >

> > Thank you

> > ,Fl

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Where in FL? If you are in south FL, Dr Stelnicki is great.

>

> hello!

> I'm new to the group.

> My baby is now 17 month old, he was a preemie born at 26 weeks. His plagio was

noticed very early but his pediatricians kept telling me it would fix by

itself.When he was 13 month I decided to see a specialist too late by then of

course. We were told it's mild and that it's too late for anything other than

surgery which she doesn't recommend because it's " only cosmetic " . Everytime I

look at him from the top I get enraged with the pediatrician and myself for

trusting too much. So I'm bringing him tomorrow again to the craniofacial

surgeon to ask more and try to get over it, I guess. But is it really only

cosmetic? And is it relly too late for bands?

>

> Thank you

> ,Fl

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you . I'm getting ready to go see Dr Ricalde here in Tampa, to

answer Jen also that's where we live. I'm going to bring Jake's pictures

with me. Thank you for your replies. I so regret not to have thought about

this before. Hopefully we can still do something.

I'll let you know how it goes.

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Subject: Re: 17 month old too late for band

Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:03:00 -0000

Hi -

My son was banded at 17 months old, wore 2 bands from Cranial Tech, and we

got a LOT of correction. Not sure where you are in Florida, but there is a

Cranial Tech in Miami, I believe. They band up to 24 months old, so they're

really your best chance, in my opinion. I would ask the surgeon to take a

chance on you. I know the specialist we saw said it was too late for my son

as well, but I basically broke down in tears and said I at least wanted to

try. My son's before and after photos are in the Older Plagio Kids folder

under Jake W. I'm actually going to email you the PDF version of it as well,

feel free to take it with you as some sort of proof that it's not too late.

You can also mention to him that my son is close to turning 3 now, and what

little asymmetry he had when he graduated from the band, is still there. So

it still has magically rounded out on its own.

Good luck! Please let me know how it goes!

Jake-2.5 (DOCBand Grad 9/08)

Jordan-5

>

> hello!

> I'm new to the group.

> My baby is now 17 month old, he was a preemie born at 26 weeks. His

plagio was noticed very early but his pediatricians kept telling me it would

fix by itself.When he was 13 month I decided to see a specialist too late by

then of course. We were told it's mild and that it's too late for anything

other than surgery which she doesn't recommend because it's " only cosmetic " .

Everytime I look at him from the top I get enraged with the pediatrician and

myself for trusting too much. So I'm bringing him tomorrow again to the

craniofacial surgeon to ask more and try to get over it, I guess. But is it

really only cosmetic? And is it relly too late for bands?

>

> Thank you

> ,Fl

>