It's been a while since I last posted here, but I wanted to update on how Ian is doing. This past October he had another set of films taken and it showed that he was indeed progressing. In April, he had a 29 degree right thoracic curve. In October, the films showed not only a 36 degree RT, but also a Left Lumbar compensatory curve of 30 degrees . We headed up to Shriners to participate in the ETTP conference with Miss Mehta. She looked at his films and said that she had never seen that amount of rotation for the degree of curve he had, so she recommended casting. They took another set of films and he was up to 43 degrees Right Thoracic. His rotation is also at 45 degrees which they said was significant.
He received his first cast on November 8th and he's doing great! He's adjusted well and he is down to 7 degrees in the cast. He can do everything he used to be able to do except sit on the floor. He barely seems to notice that he is wearing it. We head back to Shriners next month for his second cast.
He received his first cast on November 8th and he's doing great! He's adjusted well and he is down to 7 degrees in the cast. He can do everything he used to be able to do except sit on the floor. He barely seems to notice that he is wearing it. We head back to Shriners next month for his second cast.
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