Hi, everyone!
My son came home yesterday and I'm just so relieved that everything went as well as it did. No complications whatsoever. Honestly, I cannot believe how straight his back is now. I'm not sure what his measurements are I'll find out next week when he has his post op checkup. I'm assuming they will do xrays again. When looking at his chest xrays it looked pretty darn straight definitely a big improvement! His breathing seems to be better now. He still has apnea but he doesn't drop in his O2 saturation like he did before surgery. I'm hoping he will not need the O2 much longer. He hasn't had to use it. He seems to tolerate sitting pretty well. He can sit for 3-4 hours at a time. I actually think he does better sitting than laying in bed.
Thanks to everyone who helped me get through this. This was a difficult decision to make and it appears it was the correct decision to have the surgery. His scoliosis was really affecting his breathing. I'm just glad to have this done and over with I feel like a big weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
My son came home yesterday and I'm just so relieved that everything went as well as it did. No complications whatsoever. Honestly, I cannot believe how straight his back is now. I'm not sure what his measurements are I'll find out next week when he has his post op checkup. I'm assuming they will do xrays again. When looking at his chest xrays it looked pretty darn straight definitely a big improvement! His breathing seems to be better now. He still has apnea but he doesn't drop in his O2 saturation like he did before surgery. I'm hoping he will not need the O2 much longer. He hasn't had to use it. He seems to tolerate sitting pretty well. He can sit for 3-4 hours at a time. I actually think he does better sitting than laying in bed.
Thanks to everyone who helped me get through this. This was a difficult decision to make and it appears it was the correct decision to have the surgery. His scoliosis was really affecting his breathing. I'm just glad to have this done and over with I feel like a big weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
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