Hi from a new CAST group member!

[Guest guest]

Hello,

Just wanted to say hi and to introduce myself and my daughter to the group. My

name is and I am the mom of a 14 month-old little girl named Abby who has

progressive ideopathic infantile scoliosis. her curve is 48 degrees. She is

scheduled for her first cast to be applied on November 9th. She is currently

wearing a brace until her casting procedure. I am new to all of this. We only

found out in August about her Scoliosis. And it is heartbreaking watching her

trying to move around and struggle to sit up and all of that. She was not yet

walking before the brace. Her physical therapist thinks that her walking delay

is due to her curve making her off balance. But, now I feel like she has lost

all of her other movements too. She used to crawl all over the house and pull

up on furniture and walk around the couch while holding on. She could go

anywhere she wanted to. Now, it is all she can do just to roll over from her

back to her belly. It makes me feel so helpless. I cry every day watching her

struggle. And I know that the cast will be no better. I know she will

struggle. But, it is necessary. And I know that I am doing what is best for

her. It just breaks my heart to look into her big blue eyes and see sadness

because she wants to move around and play. Any words of encouragement? Will

she get better at moving around?