Re: Re: Mel Very Nervous

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Love ya girl! Time to rally the troops!

HRH

> ,

> First of all im so sorry. I feel your pain. We saw our scoli doc today and

> got discouraging news. My son has been cast/brace free since December

> 2010.

> He has been holding steady at 8 degrees. Today for what ever reason he was

> at 25. Crap. We will xray again in a few mos and if worse we will cast

> again. My son will be 4 by then. I had an all out fit! I wanted to punch

> someone in the face! But who?? Now that i have calmed down i remember how

> scoliosis is a unpredictable piece of unfair crap disease/condition. Have

> a

> pity party. I know i did. But when it comes down to it we are strong

> mommas

> and we will put our big girl panties on and kick some scoli butt!!! We may

> be down but we are not out! We have casting when others before us didnt.

> We

> have trained docs when others before us didnt. We all have each other when

> others didnt. Keep your head up and fight!!!! I know you will because as

> moms thats just what we do.

>

> Hugs to you,

> mom to Isaiah

>

> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID

>

> Re: Very Nervous

>

> Well, we are back home with Abby and I am afraid that i don't have very

> good

> news. When Abby's doctor took her last cast off in February, he told us

> then that he didn't think she would need any more casting. Well, we were

> supposed to take Abby's brace off this morning about 4 hours before her

> appointment to see if her spine would move or if it would stay straight.

> Well, when they took her X-Ray today, her spine had moved. The X-ray

> showed

> it being at 28 degrees (it was 3.8 in the brace). And on top of this, her

> doctor said that because it moved so much in just 4 hours that he is

> wanting

> to do another series of casting on her beginning in the fall. He wants to

> do at least 3 more casts and then see what happens after that. We are so

> discouraged and frustrated. Has anyone else had this happen? I have

> cried

> most of the day. I could really use some encouragement.

>

> , Mom of Abby

>

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