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Yuka-

sounds so very much like Aubrie in his management of these difficult

situations. What a trooper! I truly hope the brace does its job so that

all this trouble ends up being worthwhile. In the meantime -- I'll be

sending some kind of comfortable, adjusting thoughts your way!

Michele W

mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

's Brace

Hello All :o)

is in great spirits - has been all day. Going to the appliance maker

and trying on the brace repeatedly as it was trimmed and adjusted was all

very fine. We were excitable and chatty and jittery with nerves. Being

fitted went really really well. Practicing sitting, standing, kneeling and

lifting went well as well. Then there was trying to leave.

Trying to get into the car, unused to not being able to bend his spine,

hit his head on the door frame. This caught us both so by surprise -

that and the nerves from the day - we both burst into throat ripping

laughter. Then we were able to get him into the car, but with the way most

car seats are designed, his bottom sank into the chair and the brace rose

around him and started to strangle him. The collar device was pushing up in

the soft part of his neck just behind the jaw bone, he sounded like he was

drowning. Quickly he figured out to put his arms straight down beside his

hips and raise himself until he could breath. It took a good fifteen

minutes to figure out how to sit. I know we could have just taken the brace

off - but we were going to have to figure this out eventually somehow.

The brace is more noticeable than I imagined. It is very noticeable at the

neck. The bar that runs up and down in front in front of his sternum is

very noticeable. The two bars that run up and down along his spine are

extremely noticeable. He looks like Reeves in his brace.

We arrived home. was eager to try a new videogame. Then began the

search for a chair that would support him well. It has to fit his legs, he

can't really sit deep because it makes the brace strangle him. Then he

wanted to talk to Chip on the phone. His room is a very brace unfriendly

place. All the comforts of his room strangle him in the brace - his

favorite reading chair is completely unusable.

By now he had had the brace on for two hours and 40 minutes. That was more

than enough for the day. Off it came, now it sits like a silent sentinel in

his homework chair.

We increase one hour a day until we are at all the after school until bed

hours. Then we wear the brace for one nights sleep. Then add an hour an

evening to that time until we cover all the non school hours awake or

asleep. Then we begin at school as well.

So the fitting went wonderfully. The brace is more than I thought it would

be, yet it is so full of promise. Actually navigating wearing the brace on

a daily basis is going to be the hard work. Hopefully with some creativity

and the undying enthusiasm for which is famous, it will just be hard

and no more than that. :o)

Psychically exhausted-

Yuka

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Yuka-

sounds so very much like Aubrie in his management of these difficult

situations. What a trooper! I truly hope the brace does its job so that

all this trouble ends up being worthwhile. In the meantime -- I'll be

sending some kind of comfortable, adjusting thoughts your way!

Michele W

mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

's Brace

Hello All :o)

is in great spirits - has been all day. Going to the appliance maker

and trying on the brace repeatedly as it was trimmed and adjusted was all

very fine. We were excitable and chatty and jittery with nerves. Being

fitted went really really well. Practicing sitting, standing, kneeling and

lifting went well as well. Then there was trying to leave.

Trying to get into the car, unused to not being able to bend his spine,

hit his head on the door frame. This caught us both so by surprise -

that and the nerves from the day - we both burst into throat ripping

laughter. Then we were able to get him into the car, but with the way most

car seats are designed, his bottom sank into the chair and the brace rose

around him and started to strangle him. The collar device was pushing up in

the soft part of his neck just behind the jaw bone, he sounded like he was

drowning. Quickly he figured out to put his arms straight down beside his

hips and raise himself until he could breath. It took a good fifteen

minutes to figure out how to sit. I know we could have just taken the brace

off - but we were going to have to figure this out eventually somehow.

The brace is more noticeable than I imagined. It is very noticeable at the

neck. The bar that runs up and down in front in front of his sternum is

very noticeable. The two bars that run up and down along his spine are

extremely noticeable. He looks like Reeves in his brace.

We arrived home. was eager to try a new videogame. Then began the

search for a chair that would support him well. It has to fit his legs, he

can't really sit deep because it makes the brace strangle him. Then he

wanted to talk to Chip on the phone. His room is a very brace unfriendly

place. All the comforts of his room strangle him in the brace - his

favorite reading chair is completely unusable.

By now he had had the brace on for two hours and 40 minutes. That was more

than enough for the day. Off it came, now it sits like a silent sentinel in

his homework chair.

We increase one hour a day until we are at all the after school until bed

hours. Then we wear the brace for one nights sleep. Then add an hour an

evening to that time until we cover all the non school hours awake or

asleep. Then we begin at school as well.

So the fitting went wonderfully. The brace is more than I thought it would

be, yet it is so full of promise. Actually navigating wearing the brace on

a daily basis is going to be the hard work. Hopefully with some creativity

and the undying enthusiasm for which is famous, it will just be hard

and no more than that. :o)

Psychically exhausted-

Yuka

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Yuka-

sounds so very much like Aubrie in his management of these difficult

situations. What a trooper! I truly hope the brace does its job so that

all this trouble ends up being worthwhile. In the meantime -- I'll be

sending some kind of comfortable, adjusting thoughts your way!

Michele W

mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

's Brace

Hello All :o)

is in great spirits - has been all day. Going to the appliance maker

and trying on the brace repeatedly as it was trimmed and adjusted was all

very fine. We were excitable and chatty and jittery with nerves. Being

fitted went really really well. Practicing sitting, standing, kneeling and

lifting went well as well. Then there was trying to leave.

Trying to get into the car, unused to not being able to bend his spine,

hit his head on the door frame. This caught us both so by surprise -

that and the nerves from the day - we both burst into throat ripping

laughter. Then we were able to get him into the car, but with the way most

car seats are designed, his bottom sank into the chair and the brace rose

around him and started to strangle him. The collar device was pushing up in

the soft part of his neck just behind the jaw bone, he sounded like he was

drowning. Quickly he figured out to put his arms straight down beside his

hips and raise himself until he could breath. It took a good fifteen

minutes to figure out how to sit. I know we could have just taken the brace

off - but we were going to have to figure this out eventually somehow.

The brace is more noticeable than I imagined. It is very noticeable at the

neck. The bar that runs up and down in front in front of his sternum is

very noticeable. The two bars that run up and down along his spine are

extremely noticeable. He looks like Reeves in his brace.

We arrived home. was eager to try a new videogame. Then began the

search for a chair that would support him well. It has to fit his legs, he

can't really sit deep because it makes the brace strangle him. Then he

wanted to talk to Chip on the phone. His room is a very brace unfriendly

place. All the comforts of his room strangle him in the brace - his

favorite reading chair is completely unusable.

By now he had had the brace on for two hours and 40 minutes. That was more

than enough for the day. Off it came, now it sits like a silent sentinel in

his homework chair.

We increase one hour a day until we are at all the after school until bed

hours. Then we wear the brace for one nights sleep. Then add an hour an

evening to that time until we cover all the non school hours awake or

asleep. Then we begin at school as well.

So the fitting went wonderfully. The brace is more than I thought it would

be, yet it is so full of promise. Actually navigating wearing the brace on

a daily basis is going to be the hard work. Hopefully with some creativity

and the undying enthusiasm for which is famous, it will just be hard

and no more than that. :o)

Psychically exhausted-

Yuka

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Yuka,

I can just picture all of this. I am so good he is wired the way he is, to

persevere and to laugh. As the sentinel sits in its chair tonight waiting

for tomorrow - will be ready for it.

Now if it were a kid wired like Tyler, God help you for sure, you wouldn't

have made it in the car with the first head bump, let alone the strangling

as he sat down.

It will be work, but he will do it.

kim

> Hello All :o)

>

> is in great spirits - has been all day. Going to the appliance maker

> and trying on the brace repeatedly as it was trimmed and adjusted was all very

> fine. We were excitable and chatty and jittery with nerves. Being fitted

> went really really well. Practicing sitting, standing, kneeling and lifting

> went well as well. Then there was trying to leave.

>

> Trying to get into the car, unused to not being able to bend his spine,

> hit his head on the door frame. This caught us both so by surprise - that and

> the nerves from the day - we both burst into throat ripping laughter. Then we

> were able to get him into the car, but with the way most car seats are

> designed, his bottom sank into the chair and the brace rose around him and

> started to strangle him. The collar device was pushing up in the soft part of

> his neck just behind the jaw bone, he sounded like he was drowning. Quickly

> he figured out to put his arms straight down beside his hips and raise himself

> until he could breath. It took a good fifteen minutes to figure out how to

> sit. I know we could have just taken the brace off - but we were going to

> have to figure this out eventually somehow.

>

> The brace is more noticeable than I imagined. It is very noticeable at the

> neck. The bar that runs up and down in front in front of his sternum is very

> noticeable. The two bars that run up and down along his spine are extremely

> noticeable. He looks like Reeves in his brace.

>

> We arrived home. was eager to try a new videogame. Then began the

> search for a chair that would support him well. It has to fit his legs, he

> can't really sit deep because it makes the brace strangle him. Then he wanted

> to talk to Chip on the phone. His room is a very brace unfriendly place. All

> the comforts of his room strangle him in the brace - his favorite reading

> chair is completely unusable.

>

> By now he had had the brace on for two hours and 40 minutes. That was more

> than enough for the day. Off it came, now it sits like a silent sentinel in

> his homework chair.

>

> We increase one hour a day until we are at all the after school until bed

> hours. Then we wear the brace for one nights sleep. Then add an hour an

> evening to that time until we cover all the non school hours awake or asleep.

> Then we begin at school as well.

>

> So the fitting went wonderfully. The brace is more than I thought it would

> be, yet it is so full of promise. Actually navigating wearing the brace on a

> daily basis is going to be the hard work. Hopefully with some creativity and

> the undying enthusiasm for which is famous, it will just be hard and no

> more than that. :o)

>

> Psychically exhausted-

>

> Yuka

>

>

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Yuka,

I can just picture all of this. I am so good he is wired the way he is, to

persevere and to laugh. As the sentinel sits in its chair tonight waiting

for tomorrow - will be ready for it.

Now if it were a kid wired like Tyler, God help you for sure, you wouldn't

have made it in the car with the first head bump, let alone the strangling

as he sat down.

It will be work, but he will do it.

kim

> Hello All :o)

>

> is in great spirits - has been all day. Going to the appliance maker

> and trying on the brace repeatedly as it was trimmed and adjusted was all very

> fine. We were excitable and chatty and jittery with nerves. Being fitted

> went really really well. Practicing sitting, standing, kneeling and lifting

> went well as well. Then there was trying to leave.

>

> Trying to get into the car, unused to not being able to bend his spine,

> hit his head on the door frame. This caught us both so by surprise - that and

> the nerves from the day - we both burst into throat ripping laughter. Then we

> were able to get him into the car, but with the way most car seats are

> designed, his bottom sank into the chair and the brace rose around him and

> started to strangle him. The collar device was pushing up in the soft part of

> his neck just behind the jaw bone, he sounded like he was drowning. Quickly

> he figured out to put his arms straight down beside his hips and raise himself

> until he could breath. It took a good fifteen minutes to figure out how to

> sit. I know we could have just taken the brace off - but we were going to

> have to figure this out eventually somehow.

>

> The brace is more noticeable than I imagined. It is very noticeable at the

> neck. The bar that runs up and down in front in front of his sternum is very

> noticeable. The two bars that run up and down along his spine are extremely

> noticeable. He looks like Reeves in his brace.

>

> We arrived home. was eager to try a new videogame. Then began the

> search for a chair that would support him well. It has to fit his legs, he

> can't really sit deep because it makes the brace strangle him. Then he wanted

> to talk to Chip on the phone. His room is a very brace unfriendly place. All

> the comforts of his room strangle him in the brace - his favorite reading

> chair is completely unusable.

>

> By now he had had the brace on for two hours and 40 minutes. That was more

> than enough for the day. Off it came, now it sits like a silent sentinel in

> his homework chair.

>

> We increase one hour a day until we are at all the after school until bed

> hours. Then we wear the brace for one nights sleep. Then add an hour an

> evening to that time until we cover all the non school hours awake or asleep.

> Then we begin at school as well.

>

> So the fitting went wonderfully. The brace is more than I thought it would

> be, yet it is so full of promise. Actually navigating wearing the brace on a

> daily basis is going to be the hard work. Hopefully with some creativity and

> the undying enthusiasm for which is famous, it will just be hard and no

> more than that. :o)

>

> Psychically exhausted-

>

> Yuka

>

>

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Yuka,

I can just picture all of this. I am so good he is wired the way he is, to

persevere and to laugh. As the sentinel sits in its chair tonight waiting

for tomorrow - will be ready for it.

Now if it were a kid wired like Tyler, God help you for sure, you wouldn't

have made it in the car with the first head bump, let alone the strangling

as he sat down.

It will be work, but he will do it.

kim

> Hello All :o)

>

> is in great spirits - has been all day. Going to the appliance maker

> and trying on the brace repeatedly as it was trimmed and adjusted was all very

> fine. We were excitable and chatty and jittery with nerves. Being fitted

> went really really well. Practicing sitting, standing, kneeling and lifting

> went well as well. Then there was trying to leave.

>

> Trying to get into the car, unused to not being able to bend his spine,

> hit his head on the door frame. This caught us both so by surprise - that and

> the nerves from the day - we both burst into throat ripping laughter. Then we

> were able to get him into the car, but with the way most car seats are

> designed, his bottom sank into the chair and the brace rose around him and

> started to strangle him. The collar device was pushing up in the soft part of

> his neck just behind the jaw bone, he sounded like he was drowning. Quickly

> he figured out to put his arms straight down beside his hips and raise himself

> until he could breath. It took a good fifteen minutes to figure out how to

> sit. I know we could have just taken the brace off - but we were going to

> have to figure this out eventually somehow.

>

> The brace is more noticeable than I imagined. It is very noticeable at the

> neck. The bar that runs up and down in front in front of his sternum is very

> noticeable. The two bars that run up and down along his spine are extremely

> noticeable. He looks like Reeves in his brace.

>

> We arrived home. was eager to try a new videogame. Then began the

> search for a chair that would support him well. It has to fit his legs, he

> can't really sit deep because it makes the brace strangle him. Then he wanted

> to talk to Chip on the phone. His room is a very brace unfriendly place. All

> the comforts of his room strangle him in the brace - his favorite reading

> chair is completely unusable.

>

> By now he had had the brace on for two hours and 40 minutes. That was more

> than enough for the day. Off it came, now it sits like a silent sentinel in

> his homework chair.

>

> We increase one hour a day until we are at all the after school until bed

> hours. Then we wear the brace for one nights sleep. Then add an hour an

> evening to that time until we cover all the non school hours awake or asleep.

> Then we begin at school as well.

>

> So the fitting went wonderfully. The brace is more than I thought it would

> be, yet it is so full of promise. Actually navigating wearing the brace on a

> daily basis is going to be the hard work. Hopefully with some creativity and

> the undying enthusiasm for which is famous, it will just be hard and no

> more than that. :o)

>

> Psychically exhausted-

>

> Yuka

>

>

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Dear -

Thank you for your kind and supportive words. We are working up to 23 hours

a day in the next three weeks! egads!

Today will be day two. I am off to hunt for more suitable chairs! Our home

will look like a chair showroom :o)

smiles-

yuka

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> Yuka,

>

> Glad the brace fitting went well and that is already learning to

adapt to it. I'm sure there will be times at first when it is awkward and

he will need to figure out the best way to maneuver in it, but with 's

great attitude, I bet he is adjusted to it in no time! How long did you say

he will have to wear it? Here's hoping that the great results he gets from

it will far outweigh any awkwardness or discomfort!

>

> , mom to (4)

>

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Yuka,

Glad the brace fitting went well and that is already learning to adapt

to it. I'm sure there will be times at first when it is awkward and he will

need to figure out the best way to maneuver in it, but with 's great

attitude, I bet he is adjusted to it in no time! How long did you say he will

have to wear it? Here's hoping that the great results he gets from it will far

outweigh any awkwardness or discomfort!

, mom to (4)

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Yuka-

Isn't something how many unanticipated adjustments you have to make? This

will be a very interesting couple of weeks!

Michele W

mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ

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Dear -

Thank you for your kind and supportive words. We are working up to 23 hours

a day in the next three weeks! egads!

Today will be day two. I am off to hunt for more suitable chairs! Our home

will look like a chair showroom :o)

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Yuka,

is amazing and such an inspiration the way he just takes life's lemons

in his stride. Hmmm, wonder who he gets his grace from??? Here's wishing

him lots of luck with the brace.

Flo

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Yuka,

is amazing and such an inspiration the way he just takes life's lemons

in his stride. Hmmm, wonder who he gets his grace from??? Here's wishing

him lots of luck with the brace.

Flo

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Yuka

your very lucky i read on further about s brace, i nearly

posted you some advice on orthodontic braces!! (silly me), then i

figured this sounds more complex and detailed for me, so no advice

just well wishes and love that is doing so well!

lol Lesley x

-- In CHARGE , " Flo Njeru " wrote:

>

> Yuka,

> is amazing and such an inspiration the way he just takes

life's lemons

> in his stride. Hmmm, wonder who he gets his grace from??? Here's

wishing

> him lots of luck with the brace.

>

> Flo

>

>

>

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Yuka

your very lucky i read on further about s brace, i nearly

posted you some advice on orthodontic braces!! (silly me), then i

figured this sounds more complex and detailed for me, so no advice

just well wishes and love that is doing so well!

lol Lesley x

-- In CHARGE , " Flo Njeru " wrote:

>

> Yuka,

> is amazing and such an inspiration the way he just takes

life's lemons

> in his stride. Hmmm, wonder who he gets his grace from??? Here's

wishing

> him lots of luck with the brace.

>

> Flo

>

>

>

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Yuka

your very lucky i read on further about s brace, i nearly

posted you some advice on orthodontic braces!! (silly me), then i

figured this sounds more complex and detailed for me, so no advice

just well wishes and love that is doing so well!

lol Lesley x

-- In CHARGE , " Flo Njeru " wrote:

>

> Yuka,

> is amazing and such an inspiration the way he just takes

life's lemons

> in his stride. Hmmm, wonder who he gets his grace from??? Here's

wishing

> him lots of luck with the brace.

>

> Flo

>

>

>

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Yuka,

I was away for our Feb. school break last week and was planning on missing quite

a lot from CHARGE land. But, to my extreme pleasure I missed not one moment. I

must admit that it has been daunting getting through the messages, but I would

not have wanted to miss the Saga of the Brace for anything!!!

You and are remarkable people--able to look at each glass more than half

full and share with the rest of us the hows and whys of your glorious philosophy

of life.

I laughed out loud at the idea of your " chair warehouse " (even though I know

this is not really funny) and how he has been adjusting himself just to read or

relax. My gosh!!! I am sure that if this had been me (then or now) I would not

be anywhere near as accepting and willing to help myself.

Thank you--as usual you have painted a picture and shared deep thoughts that

make me stop in awe.

pam

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Dear Yuka,

Please pass on to our heartfelt congratulations at his triumph over

this latest challenge. You and he are truly inspirational. The 'we' in your

message tells me how you are meeting this with him, and how blessed he is by

that.

in Ma.

Mom to , 20 yrs old (CHARGE), 22 yrs. and partner to Alan (12

years now)

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Dear Yuka,

Please pass on to our heartfelt congratulations at his triumph over

this latest challenge. You and he are truly inspirational. The 'we' in your

message tells me how you are meeting this with him, and how blessed he is by

that.

in Ma.

Mom to , 20 yrs old (CHARGE), 22 yrs. and partner to Alan (12

years now)

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Dear Yuka,

Please pass on to our heartfelt congratulations at his triumph over

this latest challenge. You and he are truly inspirational. The 'we' in your

message tells me how you are meeting this with him, and how blessed he is by

that.

in Ma.

Mom to , 20 yrs old (CHARGE), 22 yrs. and partner to Alan (12

years now)

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Yuka,

I can just picture it. must be very proud that he has the inner

strength to do all that.

So how long will it take?

Bonnie, Mom to Kris 23, Patty CHARGE 21 and wife to

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Yuka,

I can just picture it. must be very proud that he has the inner

strength to do all that.

So how long will it take?

Bonnie, Mom to Kris 23, Patty CHARGE 21 and wife to

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Dear Bonnie-

Thank you so much for asking. is doing very well in his brace. Using

our slight OCD tendencies to my advantage, I made an excel spreadsheet

gradually increasing his brace wear daily, and he had been on 23 hours a day

for the better part of a week now. Monday we went to the orthopedists

office for assessment and adjusting. We left with a little extra hip padding

(to center our gait), a tighter adjustment at the hips and it seems a more

erect demand from the frame. We will be going in monthly to continue making

the brace less and less comfortable until his spine is corrected. In the

brace his kyphosis x-rays at 49 degrees (down from 64). Though the kyphosis

is quite improved in the brace, they are aiming for a goal of 19 degrees or

less in the brace (although 40-45 is within normal range) - presuming that

he will regress 10-15 degrees once the brace is removed......the scoliosis

is mostly unaffected at this point.

amazes me with his willingness and acceptance. And he is more aware

of his own strength in this area and taking some pride in it - which is

doubly nice.

Sometimes I go past his door and he has given up on the chair and is

kneeling at his desk. I always chide him and ask if that is more

comfortable - and he looks so happy. I tell him I am happy for him but that

I have to go cry now - which always cracks him up (we have an odd sense of

humour in our house). Daily regimen demands crunches, corner stretches and

hamstring stretches :o)

My only sadness this week in this matter is that the orthopedist and the

appliance maker did not make known their excitement to that he is

willing to wear his brace so diligently. Rather, they looked like the cat

that ate the canary. However, I let know that in no uncertain terms

they were thrilled to have such cooperation and investment from their

patient.

Thank you again-

Yuka

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> Yuka,

>

> How is life for with his brace now? I've been thinking of him

>

>

>

> Bonnie, Mom to Kris 23, Patty CHARGE 21 and wife to

>

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