Re: Feeling helpless-Appt. Tuesday!

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That's great news, Tasha!!!

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> > From: Tasha Fontenot <ryanswalkyahoo (DOT) com>

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> > Subject: [infantile_scoliosi s] Feeling helpless

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> > To: infantile_scoliosis @yahoogroups. com

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> > Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 9:46 PM

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> > Hi everyone,

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> > I am feeling so helpless and sad tonight.

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> > is going through a phase(I hope)about his brace.  He almost

> cries every night I have to put it on him.  At almost 4 years old he is

> very independent and very much in charge(so he thinks).  He keeps telling

> me, " it sweats me.''   Meaning he is hot.  I finally

> convinced him tonight to sleep without his pj shirt.  God I hope it helps.

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> > And I have explained to him what would happen if he didn't wear it at

> night.  We even explained to him about wearing a cast.

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> > He is very close to going back into it full time anyway.  At his last

> check-up his doctor said if his curve continued to progress, he would need to

> go back into it 23 hrs a day. 

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> > He would FREAK!  And it just kills me to see him so upset about it.

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> > I go back and forth on the fit of the brace, but he really doesn't

> complain about it hurting.  But to have been in the same brace for 1 year

> and almost 6 months I wonder if it just feels funny.

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> > I am so use to him being SO good about wearing it.   In the last

> 3 months though he has started really disliking it. Trying everything for me

> not to put it on at night.

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> > Anyway if the brace Moms with older kids have any insight PLEASE send it

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> > He is just old enough to sorta get it, but it is not all there yet.

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> > Thanks for letting me get this out before I go to bed.

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> > Tasha

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> > Mommy of twin boys- and 3 1/2 years old

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> > Fort Worth, Texas

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> > is currently in a brace at night.

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> > Casting 14 months.

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