Re: Re: My 24 month old daughter.

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Logan is mehta casted. Sometimes hospitals will "say" risser when it really is mehta for insurance purposes. Does your lil one have a mushroom cut out in the front and a "d" hole cut out on one side in the back? If so--than that is mehta cast. We go to SC. They say risser but Dr P was trained by Dr Mehta herself. He said they have to play in the insurance game, so they cast mehta but call it risser. I would still be worried about a break and her being so little still. you dont want to miss any chance of missing a growth spurt out of cast. From: aivrees mommy <amber.flannery@...> infantile scoliosis treatment Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:03 PM Subject: Re: My 24 month old daughter.

What method of casting does your doctor use for Logan? My daughter is in the Risser cast but I am looking into the Mehta method. I do not want to stop the casting, this brace is supposed to be a break. Thank you for your input and info!

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> she is only 24 months. There is no waaaaaay I would stop casting. There are sooooo many mama/daddy's on here that have kids over the age of 2 that are still getting correction. Logan will be 3 in June and we will be casting through the summer and onto the winter. Any amount of correction is better than nothing. Dr P has told us, the worse thing you could do is stop when correction can still be achieved.

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> Tame---tell sierra's story about pushing when the drs wanted to stop. Her lil girl is now at 10 or under 10 and going to the brace because she made the drs keep casting through a plateau.

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> Logan's mama (45 down to 9 out of cast, 2.5 years old, 12th cast)

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> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:35 PM

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> I have a beautiful daughter named Aivree. She will be two in weeks, I can't believe it! She was diagnosed with severe scoliosis in May of 2011 at 13 months. Her spine had a 51 degree curvature. We decided to try casting for correction. She was placed in her first Risser cast. It worked well at first but then plateaued. She is stuck at 20 degrees after 5 casts. I am so grateful for that correction though! Next month Aivree will have her cast removed and placed in a brace for an indeterminate time. I am excited for the break but I am worried that she will lose all of her correction. The uncertainty is the worst. I pray that she doesn't need surgery. Has any one else gone through this? Or tried casting again after bracing? My daughter is treated at Children's Hospital Colorado with the Risser casting method. I would appreciate any input. Thank you!

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