Almost 3 yr old going for first cast

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Hello.

I am a mom to Madison - will be three in September and Cameron (3 months old).

Madison was born with Hip Displaysia and put in the pavlik harness which made

the hips normal after about 6-8 months. At 13 months I found a lump on her lower

back. Went to the orthopaedic and they did an MRI and saw the early stages of

infantile scoliosis. They followed her curves. Back in October she was showing

curves around 25-27 degrees (2 curves for her) and in April it jumped to 40

degrees for both. Tried the bracing and have been successful for night wearing.

Recently we changed orthopaedics due to various reasons and the doctor at Boston

Childrens spoke about casting her as an option. We go August 15 for the first

cast and are scared to death about it. Really hoping for some success with the

casting. My sister ended up having two back surgeries for scoliosis - she was in

eighth grade for the first and a senior in high school for the second but never

found hers this early on.

There are so many questions and reading the updates on here are so promising and

uplifting. It is tough to think what she will go through over the next year or

so and hope that my son doesn't have the early signs of scoliosis.

le