Daughter worse after 3rd cast

July 31, 2007

My daughter Meredith was a patient of Dr. D''s in

Philadelphia. Dr. D' applied Meredith's first cast in February

2007 and got her curve down from 32 to 15. When it was time for

Meredith to get recasted she had an awful chest cold and could not be

put under anesthesia. Dr. D' thought we could just wrap her in

a cast so that she would not progress while she was getting over her

cold. I basically held her arms up and she casted her. She then

took an x-ray and her curve was 20.

We went back in in May and her out of cast curve was down to 11 (only

out of cast for 2 hours). Dr. D' casted her and told me it

wasn't necessary to do an in cast x-ray and that we no longer needed

to come to Philadelphia for treatment. We were told to go home and

get a brace after she came out of this cast. I requested an in cast

x-ray and they did it for me. When I got home, I called Dr. D'

and asked her to measure it. She told me that Meredith's cobb was 11

and RVAD was 22. I asked to come back to Philadelphia but she

insisted that Meredith was fine.

Anyway, I followed my gut and made an appointment with Dr. in

Erie. We just got back from Erie a couple of days ago. When she came

out of this last cast she looked worse to me and sure enough her

curve had gone from 11 degrees in May to 25 degrees out of cast last

week.

The minute she came out of the cast I knew she looked worse than

before. She was worse when she came out of the cast than when she

went into it. I didn't know if anyone else had this happen. I

thought it wasn't possible for this to happen if the cast was applied

properly. How could she go into the cast at 11 and come out at 25?

Anyway, I'm so grateful that I had the appointment and that she was

casted without any delay. Dr. and the entire staff in Erie

were so nice and attentive to Meredith.

tte and Meredith (19 months)

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