Hi! My name is Courtney and I am the mother of a 13 1/2 year old girl that was diagnosed with Scoliosis in September. At that time, she had a 14 degree curve in her thoracic spine and a 24 degree curve in her lumbar spine. Since she had started her period 2 years prior to that appointment and was what he considered to be skeletally mature, the pediatric orthopaedic surgeon didn't feel that treatment at that time would be necessary, but wanted her to come back in 3 months to check on things. He didn't anticipate any progression in either curve, but indicated that if she reached 28 degrees in her lumbar spine, we would discuss treatment. Again, he didn't think this was a possibility, for the reasons stated above. We went back to see him in February and the x-rays of her back showed a 14 degree progression in her thoracic spine and a 5 degree progression in her lumbar spine. He said that this was extremely uncommon and wanted to do an MRI to rule out cancer or spinal fluid. He indicated that because she was done growing, there really shouldn't have been any progression in her spine, or at least not to the degree that it was. Of course, I started to fear the worst, but had to maintain my composure in front of my child. We had the MRI done on the 17th of March and received the results back last Friday. The nurse indicated that the Dr. didn't see anything on the MRI, but now wanted to do a CT scan to look at her bone marrow.
I have poured through everything I can find on the internet to find out why they would be doing a CT scan to look at her bone marrow or what they could possibly be thinking, but am coming up with nothing.
I guess what I would really like to know is if there is anyone else out there who has experienced this or can shed some light on what might be going on with my child. I am kind of bracing for the worst, so please don't be afraid to be brutally honest about things. I guess at this point, knowing nothing is the worst part, as I would rather know what potentially could be going on with her. She has told me that she has tingling in her feet daily, but thought that was only her feet going to sleep.
Any input, advise, ANYTHING would be nice. Thank you for listening and I apologize if I rambled, but I am alone and don't know exactly where to turn for answers, support, etc.
Thank you again!!
Tay'sMom
I have poured through everything I can find on the internet to find out why they would be doing a CT scan to look at her bone marrow or what they could possibly be thinking, but am coming up with nothing.
I guess what I would really like to know is if there is anyone else out there who has experienced this or can shed some light on what might be going on with my child. I am kind of bracing for the worst, so please don't be afraid to be brutally honest about things. I guess at this point, knowing nothing is the worst part, as I would rather know what potentially could be going on with her. She has told me that she has tingling in her feet daily, but thought that was only her feet going to sleep.
Any input, advise, ANYTHING would be nice. Thank you for listening and I apologize if I rambled, but I am alone and don't know exactly where to turn for answers, support, etc.
Thank you again!!
Tay'sMom
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