Re: Yesterday's subject [1 Attachment]

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Well said and I agree 100%. Teach them to be proud!

> Kids will find a way to do what they want to.

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> When was in her brace (I have attached a picture) I went through a

> lot of what many of you are experiencing now. When questioned about what

> could and could not do, I usually replied: I let her do what your

> typical 2 year can do and stop her from doing the things you would stop a

> 2 year old from doing. " So if she climbed on the table and said " I fwy! "

> yeah, no, you can't fly. But if she climbs up the slide, heck yeah she

> could go down it.

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> It's more about how you respond than how THEY act. If you are gracious and

> willing to talk/educate most often they will be ready to listen. If YOU

> get all bent out of shape because someone is staring/looking at your

> child, then you are giving off the vibe that there is something horribly

> wrong and how dare they look. Teach your child to walk tall and be proud

> of their cast for they are receiving the very best treatment for their

> scoliosis and in a year or two, they won't need it, and for the most part,

> many of them won't even remember it except for all the pictures you take

> of them in it.

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> Gail

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> From: NIck Guthe <nickguthe@...>

> Subject: Yesterday's subject

> infantile scoliosis treatment

> Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 5:32 PM

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> Hey Everyone,

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> We were talking about how we feel about awkward cast moments in public

> yesterday, and I posted something here, but I had to vent a bit more, so I

> put it on my website post today. We had an incident at the pumpkin patch

> yesterday that made me want to cry.

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> There is also a short video there that I'm proud of, it reminds me of the

> great video of Makenna doing gym stuff in her cast- our kids are amazing!

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> In this, Bex climbs a very high skull Halloween slide in his cast and it

> made me want to tell the doctors who say casts are barbaric and that kids

> can't have a normal, fun childhood in them to suck it! I mean, um, eat

> their words : )

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> So proud of my boy!

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> www.girltomom.com

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>  Heidi, Bexon's Mommy, (3 years old, in 8th cast from Salt Lake City

> Shriners, currently down from 62 degrees to 20 in cast)

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