Anyone want to guess how much these two bits of plastic cost? These are Lilah's orthotics, called UCB's. She has bilateral inversion, commonly known as her feet roll inward when she walks. These two bits support her feet and will help her muscles and joints form properly. She would not walk much until she got orthotics. Once we got them, she really progressed, and made up time in her large motor skills that she'd fallen a bit behind on. She happily wears them. We are fortunate that she doesn't need special shoes, just ones that will fit the orthotics in them.
The price? $668. Our insurance doesn't cover them, as they recognize them to be glorified spencos or something. It's a price we are willing to pay for her to walk normally.
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You should have let us guess because I would have won (lol).
Oh boy can I relate to this. Our son Dan broke his Talus bone back when he was a freshman in high school. He now has to wear an arch in the shoe with the bad ankle. I think we paid for 2 arches about $600 too. But, the good thing is he won't outgrow them like your little one will. It's really a shame that the insurance won't pay.
Yikes! It's a crying shame. ~Brita
oh wow. I'm glad they will help her anyway, but wow.
our insurance covered Theo's helmet last year, which he wore for about 4 months. it was purely cosmetic, but we're glad it helped his head shape a little (we got a late start). sick that motor development isn't valuable!!!
her toes are so cute!
One of my girls had to wear those too but the doc recommended a "generic" type, instead of being custom fit...they did the trick and only cost us about $80.
ooh! That's gonna hurt if she finds out that she could've gotten them for that cheap.
I know how that goes. We have good insurance, but still end up paying a good chunk each year for our two daughters to be treated by our specialist. Not too mention airfare and all other traveling expenses. We could go to a specialist here, but we were seeing one of the best in the country in MN. We actually tried the specialist here, but were not satisfied. I went with my gut and it turns out, it was a wise decision. But, do you ever think twice about spending money on your children if it truly changes their quality of life? Especially not when it means that they can walk and run like a normal child.
Amazing how much something like that can run. Yikes! But, how awesome that they have stuff like that to help the quality of one's life when it's needed!
Oh ouch! And insurance pays for multiple unneccessary ultrasounds...how unfair is that?
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