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  • #16
    Congratulations!! Enjoy every minute because babies grow quickly. It is wonderful to read good news like this and know that your body is strong and you can concentrate on your new baby.

    Here's a toast to you and your expanded family!!

    Irene
    1996 x-rays (none read recently) 50 degrees thoracic, 40 degrees lumbar
    Never braced, found out I had scoliosis at age 28
    At time of surgery, multi-level disc spondylotic degeneration,
    advanced lumbar degeneration, stenosis
    65 years young and very active but no lengthy walks or standing without pain
    Now, 67. walking and standing as much as I want
    Surgery Dec. 7, 2010
    T10-S1 posterior
    Dr. Rand
    New England Baptist Hospital, Boston,
    http://s1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee369/itr1/

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    • #17
      How wonderful! Congratulations
      Female, age 38
      4 years of bracing, concluded at 42*upper/38*lower
      currently 64*upper/40*lower
      Fused T3-L4 on Feb 23 2011
      now 32*upper/18* lower

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      • #18
        Rebecca,
        Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful news! I can't imagine how excited you and your husband are with this new bundle of joy.
        Karen

        Surgery-Jan. 5, 2011-Dr. Lenke
        Fusion T-4-sacrum-2 cages/5 osteotomies
        70 degree thoracolumbar corrected to 25
        Rib Hump-GONE!
        Age-60 at the time of surgery
        Now 66
        Avid Golfer & Tap Dancer
        Retired Kdgn. Teacher

        See photobucket link for:
        Video of my 1st Day of Golf Post-Op-3/02/12-Bradenton, FL
        Before and After Picture of back 1/7/11
        tap dancing picture at 10 mos. post op 11/11/11-I'm the one on the right.
        http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/k630/pottoff2/

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        • #19
          Congratulations! Good job on getting a baby you can lift! :-)

          Best wishes for a wonderful life together!
          Discovered scoliosis when 15 years old.
          Wore Milwaulkee Brace for 1.5 years.
          Top curve 85 degrees, bottom curve 60 degrees

          Surgery completed August 23, 2011 (during an earthquake, can you believe that?)
          Dr. Charles Edwards, II
          The Spine Center at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, MD
          Before and after xrays:
          http://www.valley-designs.com/myspine

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          • #20
            Thanks so much for all the kind words! It has been an amazing few weeks, and we are settling in very nicely together as a family of 3 humans and 1 dog =)

            I don't have much time to type, so please visit my blog if you want to read about how we adopted baby Jude! http://herscoliosisjourney.blogspot.com/

            Blessings!
            Rebecca
            Age: 28
            Dx w/ scoli @ age 12 S curves T-40* L-42*
            wore night bending brace as teenager
            Curves changed to 50's plus or minus
            herniated disc L2-3, Discectomy October 2007
            fusion L2-3 November 2008
            Revision L2-3 Fusion, Removal of hardware August 2009
            Curves measuring 52 T&L September 2010
            Fused T4-L4, all posterior December 27th 2010
            gained almost two inches in height
            Before and After Exterior
            Before and After X-rays
            My blog: http://herscoliosisjourney.blogspot.com/

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            • #21
              I am so happy for both you and your husband. Enjoy this time with Jude as it will pass all too quickly. He is a beautiful child. God has blessed you all. As a adopted person myself, I think that it is a wonderful way to make a family
              Melissa

              Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011

              April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery

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              • #22
                Dear Rebecca,

                Thanks for sharing that beautiful story about how you came to adopt Jude. He is a very pretty baby, what a precious smile! I am glad you are all happy and doing so well.
                Gayle, age 50
                Oct 2010 fusion T8-sacrum w/ pelvic fixation
                Feb 2012 lumbar revision for broken rods @ L2-3-4
                Sept 2015 major lumbar A/P revision for broken rods @ L5-S1


                mom of Leah, 15 y/o, Diagnosed '08 with 26* T JIS (age 6)
                2010 VBS Dr Luhmann Shriners St Louis
                2017 curves stable/skeletely mature

                also mom of Torrey, 12 y/o son, 16* T, stable

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                • #23
                  Rebecca...

                  What a great story. Congratulations and best wishes for health and happiness always.

                  --Linda
                  Never argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
                  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
                  Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation

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                  • #24
                    Jude is adorable and your story is remarkable -- but then, all adoption stories are. Best wishes!
                    Chris
                    A/P fusion on June 19, 2007 at age 52; T10-L5
                    Pre-op thoracolumbar curve: 70 degrees
                    Post-op curve: 12 degrees
                    Dr. Boachie-adjei, HSS, New York

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                    • #25
                      Oh, he is adorable. What a sweet little smile. So happy for you both! Janet
                      Janet

                      61 years old--57 for surgery

                      Diagnosed in 1965 at age of 13--no brace
                      Thoracic Curve: 96 degrees to 35 degrees
                      Lumbar Curve: 63 degrees to 5 degrees
                      Surgery with Dr. Lenke in St. Louis--March 30, 2009
                      T-2 to Pelvis, and hopefully all posterior procedure.

                      All was posterior along with 2 cages and 6 osteotomies.

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                      • #26
                        Rebecca & Family,
                        Your story is truly amazing. Those laws that allow for infant drop offs are literally lifesavers for these little miracles. I'm so glad that you got your little boy. I would spend my time kissing and holding him as much as I could, too! You are a beautiful family. Of course, we can't see baby Jude's little face, which is okay. I'm sure it's as cute as the rest of him. You can tell that he's a little chunk and the foster family that had him for that three weeks took excellent care of him. My sister does foster care and she got a little baby that went to a previous foster as a newborn before my sister, and they didn't feed her, so she only weighed little more than her birthweight at 6 weeks. It was very sad, but she's healthy now! As sad as some of these situations are, it is SO nice to hear and see happy endings or should I say beginnings as in your case. You can see the look of pure joy and esctasy on you and hubby's faces with that little baby. I'm sure he landed right where he belongs! And, yes, thank you to his birth mom for allowing him to live and have such good parents. I'm sure she would be happy to see him loved so much! Little did you know that during all your sadness, this joy was already in the works and they just couldn't tell you...
                        Be happy!
                        We don't know what tomorrow brings,
                        but we are alive today!

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                        • #27
                          What a blessing, Rebecca! I was adopted when I was 10 days old and thank God Mom and Dad "picked" me. Aren't you in Orlando? We'll be there in July, perhaps we can get together?

                          Warmly,
                          Doreen
                          44 years old at time of surgery, Atlanta GA

                          Pre-Surgery Thorasic: 70 degrees, Pre-Surgery Lumbar: 68 degrees, lost 4 inches of height in 2011
                          Post-Surgery curves ~10 degrees, regained 4 inches of height

                          Posterior T3-sacrum & TLIF surgeries on Nov 28, 2011 with Dr. Lenke, St. Louis
                          2 rods, 33 screws, 2 cages, 2 connectors, living a new life I never dreamed of!

                          http://thebionicachronicles.blogspot.com/

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