For those of you who don't know, because of the type of cranial surgery she had, she needs to wear a shaping band, to make sure that the shape of her head is both A) beautifully round and B) not going to go back the way it was before.
I'm so glad that we're getting it going, though, because the sooner we start, the sooner we'll be done. The orthotist (that's what they call the "doctor" who manages the helmet therapy), says that he thinks we'll be done within 3 months. The longest he can imagine is 6 months, and that's only if something weird comes up or her head grows reeeealy slowly. I love this news because my craniofacial surgeon warned us that we might be looking at a year of helmet therapy.
While there's not much fun about this stuff, there is one cool thing: I get to decorate! I'm such a dork, but... I'm going to go all out. Here's my first attempt:
These are just scrapbooking stickers. If I can manage it, I might try to work out designing something for the next helmet (we'll be going through a few, no doubt, as her head grows over the coming months), and getting my design printed and punched out by an auto graphics place. If any of you talented designers out there ::cough cough:: want to come up with some designs, Calina would totally sport your awesome art.
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