Yesterday we took our daughter for her first in-brace x-ray. She was previously T-24*, L-24*. In the brace she measured T-16*, L-7*. I must admit I was disappointed she did not get better correction on the upper curve. I was led to believe she would get about 50% correction on both curves with the brace. We went from the hospital to the orthotist's office. The orthotist spent about 1 hour making modifications to the brace. I can tell my daughter was a little disappointed that the shape of her brace got even weirder. She is slim and basically looked fine in the brace (before). Now, because the brace has to push in so much more on the left under her arm, it bows out somewhat in a bizarre way. Not quite as camouflaging as before. Oh well, she didn't complain, but was just disappointed. She's a trooper and I am so proud of her!
I was told they do not x-ray her again (following the brace modifications) because they want to limit the radiation exposure. So, she does not return for another x-ray now until October. At that appointment, it will be an out-of-brace x-ray, so I guess we will never really know how much correction she is getting in the brace as it currently stands. Is that normal? Did you all go through all this mystery? I was told there will not be any more in-brace x-rays with this brace. They only x-ray when a brace is first made. Does that sound right? It's rough not knowing if the modifications made a difference.
-Brenda
I was told they do not x-ray her again (following the brace modifications) because they want to limit the radiation exposure. So, she does not return for another x-ray now until October. At that appointment, it will be an out-of-brace x-ray, so I guess we will never really know how much correction she is getting in the brace as it currently stands. Is that normal? Did you all go through all this mystery? I was told there will not be any more in-brace x-rays with this brace. They only x-ray when a brace is first made. Does that sound right? It's rough not knowing if the modifications made a difference.
-Brenda
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