Appointment with Neuro Surgeon

September 16, 2010

Jordan definitely has a tethered cord and will have surgery. The doctor

answered every question and then some I was very impressed. Good news he

should get muscle relief and toe walking would with therapy and time reverse.

Bad news he does not believe bladder or bowel damage to change (he may have

never had it). Fortunately he is very skinny so the MRI was crystal clear.

He did have thick filum? and the conus was below L2 appeared directly

between L2 and L3. Now I can stress over surgery. Thanks everyone for all the

information. I actually didn't feel like an idiot for once I had my list of

questions and was mentally prepared.

Darla mom to Amber 22, Chelsea 19, Whitney 16, Elijah 15, Isaiah 14,

Mikaiya 10, Ariyana 9, Jordan 7 and Micah 2, and Anaiah 6 months...and married

to Jerry for 25 years

September 16, 2010

hey Darla...many blessings your way..look how many you have with all those

kiddos! Jordan will do just fine..and so will you... Randee

In a message dated 9/16/2010 12:06:25 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

darlahoke@... writes:

Jordan definitely has a tethered cord and will have surgery. The doctor

answered every question and then some I was very impressed. Good news he

should get muscle relief and toe walking would with therapy and time

reverse.

Bad news he does not believe bladder or bowel damage to change (he may

have

never had it). Fortunately he is very skinny so the MRI was crystal clear.

He did have thick filum? and the conus was below L2 appeared directly

between L2 and L3. Now I can stress over surgery. Thanks everyone for all

the

information. I actually didn't feel like an idiot for once I had my list

of

questions and was mentally prepared.

Darla mom to Amber 22, Chelsea 19, Whitney 16, Elijah 15, Isaiah 14,

Mikaiya 10, Ariyana 9, Jordan 7 and Micah 2, and Anaiah 6 months...and

married

to Jerry for 25 years

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

September 16, 2010

Bit by an adoption bug...lol

In a message dated 9/16/2010 1:29:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

Randeejae@... writes:

hey Darla...many blessings your way..look how many you have with all those

kiddos! Jordan will do just fine..and so will you... Randee

Darla mom to Amber 22, Chelsea 19, Whitney 16, Elijah 15, Isaiah 14,

Mikaiya 10, Ariyana 9, Jordan 7 and Micah 2, and Anaiah 6 months...and married

to Jerry for 25 years

September 16, 2010

Good luck Darla! A thick filum is the simplest and least risky TC to do surgery

on, when compared to a tether that involves a lipoma for example. And kids heal

really quickly from this surgery compared to us adults. You will be glad when

the surgery is over, am sure it will go just fine.

Dee

To: tetheredspinalcord

From: darlahoke@...

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:05:50 -0400

Subject: Appointment with Neuro Surgeon