Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hi All, I am new to this group and have a 9.5 month old little girl who was just evaluated at Cranial Technologies. She was found to have " moderate to severe " brachycephaly with flattening along the back and widening from side to side with a raised top of the skull. My husband and I noticed the flatness when she was about 3 months old, but were told by our pediatrician at her 4 and 6 month appointments not to worry about it. It wasn't until we saw a different doctor at her 9 month appointment that we got a recommendation to have her evaluated. It's looking like our insurance would cover the band, based on our daughter's numbers, but we are still torn about going through with the treatment because she is in the older age range and we're not sure how much improvement we are going to see. I know that improvement differs per case, but I was wondering if any of you have a child who was in a similar situation (age-wise and condition-wise) and what kind of results you saw. Any feedback you can give me would be greatly appreciated! Kristi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 you started them at 11 months? how long have they had to wear it?On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:22 PM, <serena_4242@...> wrote: We started 2 of my children and 11 months and achieved great results with DOC band. My daughter had severe plagio and my son mod to severe brachy. They graduate next week! Good luck!Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T From: " kmr8k " <kristi.farouki@...> Sender: Plagiocephaly Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:01:34 -0000<Plagiocephaly >Reply Plagiocephaly Subject: 10 Month Start-DOC Band Hi All, I am new to this group and have a 9.5 month old little girl who was just evaluated at Cranial Technologies. She was found to have " moderate to severe " brachycephaly with flattening along the back and widening from side to side with a raised top of the skull. My husband and I noticed the flatness when she was about 3 months old, but were told by our pediatrician at her 4 and 6 month appointments not to worry about it. It wasn't until we saw a different doctor at her 9 month appointment that we got a recommendation to have her evaluated. It's looking like our insurance would cover the band, based on our daughter's numbers, but we are still torn about going through with the treatment because she is in the older age range and we're not sure how much improvement we are going to see. I know that improvement differs per case, but I was wondering if any of you have a child who was in a similar situation (age-wise and condition-wise) and what kind of results you saw. Any feedback you can give me would be greatly appreciated! Kristi -- Kajsa Nielson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 That's great to know! Definitely gives me hope. Thanks so much for your response and I'm so glad that you got great results-congratulations on being finished! I'm praying that the same happens for our daughter. > > We started 2 of my children and 11 months and achieved great results with DOC band. My daughter had severe plagio and my son mod to severe brachy. They graduate next week! Good luck! > Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T > > 10 Month Start-DOC Band > > Hi All, > I am new to this group and have a 9.5 month old little girl who was just evaluated at Cranial Technologies. She was found to have " moderate to severe " brachycephaly with flattening along the back and widening from side to side with a raised top of the skull. My husband and I noticed the flatness when she was about 3 months old, but were told by our pediatrician at her 4 and 6 month appointments not to worry about it. It wasn't until we saw a different doctor at her 9 month appointment that we got a recommendation to have her evaluated. > > It's looking like our insurance would cover the band, based on our daughter's numbers, but we are still torn about going through with the treatment because she is in the older age range and we're not sure how much improvement we are going to see. I know that improvement differs per case, but I was wondering if any of you have a child who was in a similar situation (age-wise and condition-wise) and what kind of results you saw. > Any feedback you can give me would be greatly appreciated! > > Kristi > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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