We went for another band adjustment, and Josiah's orthotist said she still wasn't seeing as much improvement in his head shape as she would like. He has been healthy the last 2 weeks, so she said there definitely has been a little improvement, but just not what she would expect.
Thankfully, the orthotist said that he has only another month in the band. Can't tell you how happy I was to hear that (despite the fact that Josiah's head hasn't been rounding out the way she wanted)! He still has some obvious asymmetry on his head shape and ears. So she said she would normally recommend another band b/c he still has asymmetry, but since his head shape isn't improving as much b/c the neck muscles are still tight, she wouldn't recommend another one at this time. We'd have to work on getting his neck muscles more loose before we could hope that Josiah would show more improvement in another band.
At this point, I'm just happy that he just has another month. And we are almost positive that we will not be getting a 2nd band. We did the best we could w/Mom's incredibly kind help. The whole process was always in God's hands. And though it would seem there are only minimal results, we are grateful. At least his head did not get worse. And we are thankful we were able to see the neurosurgeon, who was able to give us a measurable improvement of at least a 1 cm in his head shape. That alone is a sweet gift from the Lord, whether it was with the help of the band or not.
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