Hi Everyone,
Back again after a long abscence seeking all your expert advice.
Elysia has started refusing to wear her brace to school. She was allowed out of it for 4 hours per day but now takes it off at 8.00am and puts in back on after returning from school at 4.00pm. This means 8 hours out of the brace.
On x-ray in Feb she was at 38 Thoracic and our surgeon had advised that surgery was inevitable. So question is ..... do I push for total compliance? Is wearing the brace for 16 hours a day better than nothing? Would this be doing anything or is the damage being done by being out of the brace for the 8 hours?
We can't see the specialist until October but he had wanted to talk about surgery then anyway. There is no way we're going down that track if we can avoid it. She's just started High School and there is so many other drama's in the family at the moment with other problems I just find it's easier for me to give in than deal with the tantrums and dramas over her wearing the brace to school. Any advice welcome.
Thanks everyone.
Cheers
Del
Back again after a long abscence seeking all your expert advice.
Elysia has started refusing to wear her brace to school. She was allowed out of it for 4 hours per day but now takes it off at 8.00am and puts in back on after returning from school at 4.00pm. This means 8 hours out of the brace.
On x-ray in Feb she was at 38 Thoracic and our surgeon had advised that surgery was inevitable. So question is ..... do I push for total compliance? Is wearing the brace for 16 hours a day better than nothing? Would this be doing anything or is the damage being done by being out of the brace for the 8 hours?
We can't see the specialist until October but he had wanted to talk about surgery then anyway. There is no way we're going down that track if we can avoid it. She's just started High School and there is so many other drama's in the family at the moment with other problems I just find it's easier for me to give in than deal with the tantrums and dramas over her wearing the brace to school. Any advice welcome.
Thanks everyone.
Cheers
Del
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