Hi everyone:
I have been reading this forum for about a year and a half, but have never posted anything on here. I have found the information everyone has put on here to be extremely helpful to me and my family and I just wanted to say thank you. You have helped more than you know because I have just been reading, and not writing back.
Our older daughter, Carrie, has 48T/38L curves and will have surgery in January here in OKC with Dr. Herndon. She is a junior in high school and will be 17 in Jan. She said she is very ready to get this taken care of to get it off her mind once and for all. She has never waivered from wanting this surgery.
Carrie grew about 4 inches during her freshman year, and I noticed her shoulder blade sticking out. We took her to the specialist that summer and the top curve was 44 degrees at that time. The curves didn't change for 6 months, then we saw a 4 degree change in the next six months. Recently, Carrie has been having pain and has trouble sitting in a chair at school for any length of time. So that was a deal breaker for us.
Carrie is very active in the high school marching band; she plays clarinet. Her dr. has said she should be ready for summer marching practice next August, which is why we are planning this surgery during the school year instead of the summer. She can't wait to feel better and look better and get back to her normal activities. Has anyone else had a child in marching band?
Please keep good thoughts for our Carrie during the next few months. I know they will be increasingly stressful for all of us. We are trying to stay busy and just reading and learning what we can. We have met several other patients who have gone through this and they are amazing. It is wonderful to see such great outcomes and to see how healthy those kids are now.
Again, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has written their stories and given advice on here. You all (or "yall" as we say in Oklahoma) have let us see that there's a wonderful, pain-free life out there for Carrie to live and we are looking forward to it.
Marie
I have been reading this forum for about a year and a half, but have never posted anything on here. I have found the information everyone has put on here to be extremely helpful to me and my family and I just wanted to say thank you. You have helped more than you know because I have just been reading, and not writing back.
Our older daughter, Carrie, has 48T/38L curves and will have surgery in January here in OKC with Dr. Herndon. She is a junior in high school and will be 17 in Jan. She said she is very ready to get this taken care of to get it off her mind once and for all. She has never waivered from wanting this surgery.
Carrie grew about 4 inches during her freshman year, and I noticed her shoulder blade sticking out. We took her to the specialist that summer and the top curve was 44 degrees at that time. The curves didn't change for 6 months, then we saw a 4 degree change in the next six months. Recently, Carrie has been having pain and has trouble sitting in a chair at school for any length of time. So that was a deal breaker for us.
Carrie is very active in the high school marching band; she plays clarinet. Her dr. has said she should be ready for summer marching practice next August, which is why we are planning this surgery during the school year instead of the summer. She can't wait to feel better and look better and get back to her normal activities. Has anyone else had a child in marching band?
Please keep good thoughts for our Carrie during the next few months. I know they will be increasingly stressful for all of us. We are trying to stay busy and just reading and learning what we can. We have met several other patients who have gone through this and they are amazing. It is wonderful to see such great outcomes and to see how healthy those kids are now.
Again, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has written their stories and given advice on here. You all (or "yall" as we say in Oklahoma) have let us see that there's a wonderful, pain-free life out there for Carrie to live and we are looking forward to it.
Marie
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