I have been reading all the great info on these pages the last two weeks.
I had noticed my 2 month old son had a slight curve to him when I would pick him up. Looking at his back you could tell it didnt appear straight. I must have noticed this after his 1 month appt, as his dr, did not.
It didnt occur to me what this might be until last week. THen I thought, it could be scoliosis. I have it, although it is very minute. You can see it in an x-ray but not from just looking at me or my back.
So thats how I found this site. And then for his 2 month appt, which was last firday 11/10, the dr noticed ie before I mentioned it. And she did the right thing and got us an appt with the orthopedic dr. We were lucky and got an appt that day.
THey did an x-ray and you can see the cuve in his spine pretty good. Of course at the time the dr came in my little guy decided he wanted to have a nice crying fit. I cant blame him though, he had his shots that day too and probably didnt feel good.
The Dr, said there was not sign in the x-ray to see why his back was curved. ALl his vertabra were shaped correctly. His curve seems to start right around at his rib cage area. THe dr said it was hard to tell if it rotated too. He said he would schedule us an MRI at vanderbilt childrens hospital, but he knew they were back logged pretty good right now.
He said the mri would be to check to see if there were any underlying causes for his back to curve. He mentioned a few things, and over the crying I heard something about cysts on the spine??? My wife heard more.
He did mention scoliosis, but I gathered from what I could hear, that he wanted to see what the mri showed us as well. I did see him write down infant scoliosis on his paper work though.
He didnt mention anything about rvad or cobb angle #s. Is this something he will be able to determine just from the x-ray? Maybe he is just waiting on the mri before he officially declares its scoliosis?
My other question is, I read about like 80-90% of infants grow out of this. But I have not found story so far on the internet that has happened to. Do any of you have experience with the kids who grew out if it?
If he needs a cast or brace, I wonder if they do that sort of thing in nashville, or will we need to find a childrens hospital close by?
Sorry this is so long. I just felt I wanted to talk about it some, and I feel better already. Just a hard thing to do to know something is wrong with your little angel.
Oh, BTW, just heard back that our MRI is scheduled for Jan 23rd. Guess they are backed up pretty good.
Jason
I had noticed my 2 month old son had a slight curve to him when I would pick him up. Looking at his back you could tell it didnt appear straight. I must have noticed this after his 1 month appt, as his dr, did not.
It didnt occur to me what this might be until last week. THen I thought, it could be scoliosis. I have it, although it is very minute. You can see it in an x-ray but not from just looking at me or my back.
So thats how I found this site. And then for his 2 month appt, which was last firday 11/10, the dr noticed ie before I mentioned it. And she did the right thing and got us an appt with the orthopedic dr. We were lucky and got an appt that day.
THey did an x-ray and you can see the cuve in his spine pretty good. Of course at the time the dr came in my little guy decided he wanted to have a nice crying fit. I cant blame him though, he had his shots that day too and probably didnt feel good.
The Dr, said there was not sign in the x-ray to see why his back was curved. ALl his vertabra were shaped correctly. His curve seems to start right around at his rib cage area. THe dr said it was hard to tell if it rotated too. He said he would schedule us an MRI at vanderbilt childrens hospital, but he knew they were back logged pretty good right now.
He said the mri would be to check to see if there were any underlying causes for his back to curve. He mentioned a few things, and over the crying I heard something about cysts on the spine??? My wife heard more.
He did mention scoliosis, but I gathered from what I could hear, that he wanted to see what the mri showed us as well. I did see him write down infant scoliosis on his paper work though.
He didnt mention anything about rvad or cobb angle #s. Is this something he will be able to determine just from the x-ray? Maybe he is just waiting on the mri before he officially declares its scoliosis?
My other question is, I read about like 80-90% of infants grow out of this. But I have not found story so far on the internet that has happened to. Do any of you have experience with the kids who grew out if it?
If he needs a cast or brace, I wonder if they do that sort of thing in nashville, or will we need to find a childrens hospital close by?
Sorry this is so long. I just felt I wanted to talk about it some, and I feel better already. Just a hard thing to do to know something is wrong with your little angel.
Oh, BTW, just heard back that our MRI is scheduled for Jan 23rd. Guess they are backed up pretty good.
Jason
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