Sunday, January 28, 2007
Hats off to Cole
Cole has officially completed his DOC Band® treatment! He has a beautiful round head with no signs left that there was even a flat spot to begin with.
As parents, we spent our fair share of time worrying about this process before we made the decision to move forward. "Should we wait and see if it improves on its own?", "Are we doing the right thing?", "Will he respond to the treatment?". We are committed to doing what is best for our son and ultimately knew that the sooner we started treatment, the bigger the benefit would be to him.
After consultation and casting, he began wearing his band on November 2, 2006. He was just 4 months old when his little crash helmet went on. We quickly learned that the only people stressing over it were Mom and Dad! It didn’t even seem to faze our little guy in the least. He slept, ate and played like he always had. And, while we are admittedly biased, we think he looked adorable with his new "accessory".
Because we moved forward with treatment so quickly, his 4-month-old malleable head responded very well - total treatment time was just 11 weeks. We realize that the timing worked out well for us and that treatments normally last longer but we had the advantage of Cole's "youth" and he seemed to go through a growth spurt right when we got started.
Needless to say that while we are pleased with the results, our biggest relief comes in knowing that we have averted any implications that Cole may have faced in the future if we had not treated his plagiocephaly. The best gifts we can give our child, with in our power, are the joys of being happy and healthy!
Here are some clinical before and after shots where you can see how flat his head was in the back and how it has now rounded out.
As parents, we spent our fair share of time worrying about this process before we made the decision to move forward. "Should we wait and see if it improves on its own?", "Are we doing the right thing?", "Will he respond to the treatment?". We are committed to doing what is best for our son and ultimately knew that the sooner we started treatment, the bigger the benefit would be to him.
After consultation and casting, he began wearing his band on November 2, 2006. He was just 4 months old when his little crash helmet went on. We quickly learned that the only people stressing over it were Mom and Dad! It didn’t even seem to faze our little guy in the least. He slept, ate and played like he always had. And, while we are admittedly biased, we think he looked adorable with his new "accessory".
Because we moved forward with treatment so quickly, his 4-month-old malleable head responded very well - total treatment time was just 11 weeks. We realize that the timing worked out well for us and that treatments normally last longer but we had the advantage of Cole's "youth" and he seemed to go through a growth spurt right when we got started.
Needless to say that while we are pleased with the results, our biggest relief comes in knowing that we have averted any implications that Cole may have faced in the future if we had not treated his plagiocephaly. The best gifts we can give our child, with in our power, are the joys of being happy and healthy!
Here are some clinical before and after shots where you can see how flat his head was in the back and how it has now rounded out.
Next we have a collage of shots spanning the 3 months that he sported the cool cap!
And finally... some pics as the new man about town (with a chapped face due to the drool that accompanies teething)
sporting his "new" hat
Many thanks to our friends at Cranial Therapies. We couldn't be happier!!!
Here is how we all got started .
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// posted by Cole and Casey @ 8:35 PM 
