Re: mistake

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i thought today was preop day. i will definately be keeping them in my thoughts tomorrow. Please post tomorrow after you hear something.

melissa

Subject: Re: mistakeTo: infantile_scoliosis Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 10:10 AM

Just got off the phone with Shell and apparently the surgery will takeplace tomorrow at 8 a.m. She sounds good. Right now, they are doing proop tests and will take a look at the halo equipment this afternoon to besure all is in order.Go Mo!HRH> Thinking about Shellie and Mo so much today. Hope she recovers quickly and> all goes well.> Joan> mom to Hayden 3> 43 degrees down from 62> Cast number 3> Treated at ish Rite Hospital> Dallas, TX>>>>> ____________ _________ _________ __> From: "heather@infantilesc oliosis.org" <heather@infantilesc oliosis.org>> To: infantile_scoliosis @yahoogroups. com> Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 9:59:12 AM> Subject: Re: [infantile_scoliosi s] Moriah & Shell>> > I wasnt able to speak to them yesterday, but I know Mo is getting her rods> removed and her halo applied today. Hopefully, she is being wheeled in.> right now so she doesnt have to starve all day. I will call Shell in a> minute...... and will post an update as soon as I get one.> Lets all think of Shellie & Mo today, as this is a big day for them.> Please pray that all goes smooth and that pain is managed well.> Hang in there girls! We love you.>

HRH>>> This is a great reminder for us all Gail. thank you. My husband tends>> to>> be the one that gets upset during those times more than me. I try to>> stay>> all upbeat and fine, then when they take Hayden away, I lose it. Thanks>> for posting this.>>>>>> Joan>> mom to Hayden 3>> 43 degrees down from 62>> Cast number 3>> Treated at ish Rite Hospital>> Dallas, TX>>>>>>>>>> ____________ _________ _________ __>> From: Gail <patsmum2000@ yahoo.com>>> To: Congenital <CongenitalScoliosi s Support@yahoogro ups.com>;>> infantile_scoliosis @yahoogroups. com>> Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 9:35:31 AM>> Subject: [infantile_scoliosi s] Dear Abby:>>>> >>

I am posting this as a gentle reminder to all of us when we bring our>> children in for surgery, casting etc. WE (and this includes grandma,>> grandpa, aunts, uncles, etc) need to be the strong one until we leave>> the>> procedure room!>>>> By Abigail Van Buren Abigail Van Buren – Tue Feb 2, 2:16 am ET>>>> DEAR ABBY: I am writing this as a mother of four and an operating room>> nurse for 30 years. Once again, I had to pull a crying mother from her>> child so I could take the child into the operating room.>> I understand that a child having surgery is upsetting and stressful. My>> own children have had to have surgical procedures done, so I know the>> feeling. But if I can help parents understand one thing, it would be>> that>> the child looks to the parent for support. If the

mother is crying and>> clinging at the bedside, the message the child receives is: If Mom is>> that>> upset, something bad must be about to happen to me.>> No one is implying that you do not love your child or you are not>> worried>> about him or her, but it does no one any good if you have to be peeled>> off>> your child. Please send your little one off with kisses and encouraging>> words, and the child will be a little less frightened. -- WISCONSIN R.N.>>>> DEAR WISCONSIN R.N.: I'm printing your letter verbatim. As traumatic as>> sending a child into surgery can be for both parent and child, the words>> a>> child needs to hear are, "You'll be going to sleep, and when you wake>> up,>> Mommy will be right here. I love you. Now give me a kiss." For the>> child's>> sake, venting

for stress relief should be saved for the waiting room.>>>>>> Gail>>>> "The Earth is the insane asylum for the rest of universe">> “Normal is just a setting on the washing machine.†-BumperSnickerz.>> ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* *********>> **>> Mom to , 11/28/98 - ADHD/ODD/SID>> and , 02/02/02 - Congenital Scoliosis, VATER Association (vertebral>> and renal anomalies), Torticollis, Klippel Feil Syndrome, Fused Ribs,>> First VEPTR Recipient at Cincinnati Children's Hospital 3/21/05; Spitz>> Nevus removal: 11/26/07 & 2/11/08; VEPTR Expansions: 11/05, 04/20/06,>> 6/12/08 and 8/14/09 and EARLY SUMMER 2010;>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>