Re: Bad appointment today!

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You say that your daughter's case was a borderline one and that may be the key.

It probably didn't take long to correct the head. If the clinician keeps shaving

more away when the head is fine, then it would go the other direction.

Hopefully, all of you are wrong, but it doesn't sound that way from your

description.

You also say that you brought this up before and no one listened. Let this be a

lesson to trust your mommy instinct. This was a hard lesson for me as well - I

also learned the hard way, but I won't go into that now.

Too often we let professionals convince us that they know more than we do about

our kids. Sometimes, it helps to do something like take your own pictures to

show them or somehow bring in your own data. Or, ask if they can get a second

person to come in and look. Luckily, in your case, they did eventually do this,

but from my experience on plagio boards, it seems that many orthos and even CT

clinicians are overly confident in their own assessments and do not consult with

another when a parent feels otherwise. Luckily CT has a chain of command and

when this happens, most parents are able to go upward to get what they need.

Actually, the same could be said for the medical profession in general. Luckily,

the good ones will listen if you push enough, but sometimes people believe that

they have to sound like they know more than you to be proficient in what they

do. In contrast, I respect a professional more when they tell me that they don't

know but need to do a consult than I do if they tell me something that ignores

what I know to be correct. I don't expect them to know everything, but I do

expect them to consider my kids' situations carefully and gather what they need

to in order to make a recommendation. A pat answer or quick response that

doesn't listen to my concerns results in me going elsewhere.

In case this is misinterpreted, I'm not saying that you should leave CT -

especially since they did finally listen - late is better than never. Hopefully,

they will not charge you for the 2nd band since it was probably clinician error

that resulted in this. In my opinion, the clinician should have noticed when the

band did not need any more shaving in that area. And, they should have listened

to you when you said something.

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> > Ok, 7 month old daughter in band for 6 weeks now went for DOC band check and

adjustment. When checking her head I asked if it was just me or did her greatest

point of protrusion at the back of her head actually seem off centered and more

on her previously flat side. Overcorrection? After checking and rechecking, and

having another person check, consensus.....Yes, protrusion is now on the

previously flat side and there is an indentation at the hold position. Now

what??? They took repeat pictures to show the headquarters people and see what

they want to do. We left her band there today and don't know what happens next.

New band? Done all together? send it to headquarters for major

adjustment/assessment? Repeat DSI to be sure of problem? I just don't know what

now. She was such a borderline case to begin with. I thought these were made so

that even if all the foam on the previously flat side were shaved, it still

didn't have enough room to overcorrect. I had thoug hts previously of this being

a problem with my son but after his appointment I was assured it was just my

eyes doing tricks on me because he had such a bad flat spot I wasn't used to

seeing it normal and rounded. This time, my concerns were actually RIGHT ON! I

hate when I am right. Has anybody heard of this and knows what the next step is?

Happy to know she is without the band but hope I didn't screw her head up now

worse that it would have been if I had just left well enough alone.

> > Jen

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