Haleys Mom, I'm impressed your daughter can put her brace on in a minute...it takes me longer than that! (and in fact it takes my daughter close to a minute just to snap her bodysuit and reattach the crotch snaps after the bathroom...but she's still young. When she's older and can actually put on the brace herself, she may prefer something other than the bodysuit also). Just curious, isn't it a pain in a public(and often germ laden) restroom (school/stores etc)...where does she put the brace while she's going to the bathroom?
Emily's Mom, so does that mean emily takes her brace off every time she goes to the bathroom also?
Shaes Mom, Although I'm sure you posted it, I don't remember how old your daughter is. If she is younger, its unlikely she'll be able to put the brace on herself so you'll need some sort of bodysuit or snapped underpants. On our first appointment, we got 2 extra bodysuits (for a total of 3) to see how they worked. I'm doing a load of laundry nearly every day so we get by with 3 but sometimes its challenging. Maybe get 1 extra bodysuit and commit to doing laundry enough to always have one clean. Then you would be going back for followup one month after the brace, so if she likes the bodysuits you could get more then. If she doesn't like it, you haven't wasted too much extra money.
Also, regarding xrays...when you get your xrays from st. justines, they put all previous xrays on the CD. When we left after Katie's first appointment we were exhausted and just wanted to go home (and didn't want to wonder around the hospital and wait to get xrays). The next visit (a month later) we got xrays and it had xrays from both visits. Just a FYI in case you too find yourself exhausted after the first visit....
Emily's Mom, so does that mean emily takes her brace off every time she goes to the bathroom also?
Shaes Mom, Although I'm sure you posted it, I don't remember how old your daughter is. If she is younger, its unlikely she'll be able to put the brace on herself so you'll need some sort of bodysuit or snapped underpants. On our first appointment, we got 2 extra bodysuits (for a total of 3) to see how they worked. I'm doing a load of laundry nearly every day so we get by with 3 but sometimes its challenging. Maybe get 1 extra bodysuit and commit to doing laundry enough to always have one clean. Then you would be going back for followup one month after the brace, so if she likes the bodysuits you could get more then. If she doesn't like it, you haven't wasted too much extra money.
Also, regarding xrays...when you get your xrays from st. justines, they put all previous xrays on the CD. When we left after Katie's first appointment we were exhausted and just wanted to go home (and didn't want to wonder around the hospital and wait to get xrays). The next visit (a month later) we got xrays and it had xrays from both visits. Just a FYI in case you too find yourself exhausted after the first visit....
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