Scoliosis Surgery

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First I want to thank everyone who responded to my questions. I have been

running CRAZY trying to get ready for MDA camp (she leaves Sunday) and get

things in order for surgery. We were actually hoping for a July surgery date (to

miss less school), but no such luck. h's surgery is scheduled for August

14th at 7:15am. We'll have to be there at 6am -- ICK! On the 10th she'll have

the pre-op appointment and then her patch appointment (meeting w/ the

anesthesiologist, surgical nurses etc) We're not looking forward to the bending

x-rays and other pre-op stuff that will be difficult for us and uncomfy for her,

but we know it's necessary. The doc thinks he'll be able to get full correction;

because of the constant bracing h's curve has remained fairly flexible. We

are still dreading the post-op weeks of recovery and I'm still wondering how I'm

going to lift her without causing terrible pain. I about kicked myself after her

g-tube surgery for causing her pain (wondered if I

had made the right choice), so the guilt from this one should be HUGE. Any

advice on the guilt issue?

I really hate to sound like an idiot here, but I'm also worried about lifting

her even after she's healed on the outside! I keep thinking " what if I break

something in there? " Is it possible to accidentally mess up a fusion w/ rods?

Ok, now I'm babbling.......

Thanks again to everyone who responded and if y'all think of anything else

that might be helpfull please let us know!

Love and Hugs

Jeni