Guest guest Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 on 1/11/12 my 8mo daughter charlotte got her first riser cast. she was diagnosed in nov 2011 with infantile scoliosis, we visited childrens mercy in kansas city early dec 2011 and the decision was made that she needed to be casted to correct her scoliosis. when we went to the docs in november, she was off about 12 degrees. the december appointment showed her to be off by about 23 degrees. when she was casted in january, she was almost 30 degrees off. the docs got her down to about 17 degrees. they didn't want to manipulate her spine to much in one shot. charlottes scoliosis is a curve to the right and we were told it would not correct itself. she will be in a cast for about 6 weeks at a time until she is about 2 years old. the hope is that she will grow straight while in the cast and we won't need surgeries or metal rods later on. her cast fits like a tank top. we've had to go down a size in diapers and up to 18mos outfits. onesies don't fit and are constantly shifting, so we keep her in footie jammies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Welcome to CAST! Early Treatment w/ Mehta’s specialized EDF (elongation, derogation, flexion) casting for infants & young children with progressive infantile scoliosis is supposed to be a gentle process, so it sounds like lil Charlotte is right on track. Congrats!HRH From: infantile scoliosis treatment [mailto:infantile scoliosis treatment ] On Behalf Of Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:42 PMinfantile scoliosis treatment Subject: charlottes first cast on 1/11/12 my 8mo daughter charlotte got her first riser cast. she was diagnosed in nov 2011 with infantile scoliosis, we visited childrens mercy in kansas city early dec 2011 and the decision was made that she needed to be casted to correct her scoliosis. when we went to the docs in november, she was off about 12 degrees. the december appointment showed her to be off by about 23 degrees. when she was casted in january, she was almost 30 degrees off. the docs got her down to about 17 degrees. they didn't want to manipulate her spine to much in one shot. charlottes scoliosis is a curve to the right and we were told it would not correct itself. she will be in a cast for about 6 weeks at a time until she is about 2 years old. the hope is that she will grow straight while in the cast and we won't need surgeries or metal rods later on. her cast fits like a tank top. we've had to go down a size in diapers and up to 18mos outfits. onesies don't fit and are constantly shifting, so we keep her in footie jammies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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