Today was the day of the evaluation with Hanger Prosthetics and everything went well. They were able to get a fitting for Grady's helmet with a 3D image so there was no casting involved (thankfully.) They did have to do the scan more than one time because of the degree of flatness on the back of his head and because lets face it he is an active little boy. We got him still by holding a bottle in his mouth and letting them scan.
Our insurance has already been denied so now we are going to be paying out of pocket. But, the total price of the helmet, 3D scan and follow up fittings have come to a total of $1700 plus whatever we have to pay at the specialist office for the few check ups he will have there.
The helmet has been ordered and it should be in next week and we will break him into wearing it as follows:
Day 1: 1 hour on 1 hour off
Day 2: 2 hours on 1 hour off
Day 3: 4 hours on 1 hour off
Day 4: 6 hours on 1 hour off
Day 5: 6-8 hours on 1 hour off
Day 6: 8 hours of the day and all night
Day7: Begin wearing 23 hours of the day
After getting the helmet we will have to watch for sores to come up on his head and if any appear we will can the Dr. Office. We will go back after 1 week and then 2 weeks later then we will start going 1 time a month.
Grady handled today appointment very well and was showing off for the people in the office. He is truly a flirt and was showing everyone how fun he can be. I just hope that he will be comfortable during this process. I will post some pictures of the back of his head now so that we can all see the improvements.
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