going for our first neurology apt.

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

I recently joined the group but have been off line on

vacation. my daughter is going for her first

appointment with the neurologist tomorrow and i am

wondering if you all could give me some ideas of good

questions to ask. she is 3 months old and has

ideopathic scoliosis. 31* at T12.

we go for an MRI in about a month for brain and spine.

everything seems to be moving at a snails pace but we

are trying to be optimistic. I plan to send all the

info we gather to our closest Mehta trained doctor to

see what he says.

i have not met with our orthapedic surgeon yet but

when i emailed him to ask if he should consider the

Mehta Method and this was his reply... " I have

reviewed her Xrays thoroughly, and for infantile

scoliosis we usually watch it for several weeks

because over 90% of these resolve untreated. Her RVAD

Mehta angles look like a baby that should get better

without treatment. For now you could lay her on her

side over a small bolster several hours a day (to bend

her torso out of the curve). We do not cast these now,

we usually use a body jacket (TLSO) for those that do

not improve on their own. The curve now is about 30

degrees, which is not causing a problem. " I'm not

sure how i feel about this......

thanks for listening.

Janet and Violet