Re: PSA airing in Texas

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Awesome, ! Heidi, Bexon's Mommy, (3 years old, in 7th cast from Salt Lake City Shriners, currently down from 62 degrees to 19.7 in cast)From: <missikay10@...>infantile scoliosis treatment Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 1:50:36 PMSubject: Re:

Best Friend's Son

Thanks for the update brenda. I'm so glad you were able to help educate her on proper treatment. I hope they have a success story to tell in a couple years. BTW. The PSA is airing in my old city we moved from less than a yr ago, Killeen,Tx! How exciting to us all to be getting the word out!

mom to isaiah

Dolley <b_dolley@...> wrote:

>Hey, everyone! I know I haven't been active on here in a while, but I just

>wanted to give you guys an update on my best friend's son. I will give a little

>of the history too, for those of you that are new or don't remember the story.

>My son was diagnosed with infantile scoliosis when he was 7 months old, he was

>casted in Chicago at 13 months old, he had a total of 3 casts and has now had a

>perfectly straight spine for 2 years. A few months ago we found out

>that my best friend from college's son was diagnosed with infantile scoliosis.

>His curve was caught early, he is only a little over a year old, and the curve

>is at 24 degrees. They watched and waited for a few months, but the Dr. in

>South Carolina just recently decided he thought her son needed to be casted.

>So, he is now in his first cast. He is doing well in his first cast and the

>doctor told them he thinks he will need to be casted for 18 months, but I know

>she is hoping it will be less than that. Anyways, I just thought I'd fill you

>guys in since the last time I posted about it, they were still in the watch and

>wait mode. I'm so glad we were able to steer her to the right doctors and that

>her son's scoliosis will likely be cured just as our son's was.

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