Hi, I am the mother of a 3-year old girl who has been recommended to have surgery to reduce the progression of lower lumbar scoliosis. My daughter has a hemivertebrae in her lower lumbar spinal area. She currently is at a 30 degree curvature. She is seeing a head orthopedic surgeon at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. We discovered this through an x-ray taken of her bowels. The specialist has advised us that we should go ahead and do the fusion surgery to help the progression of it.
Worried sick, i am terrified to go ahead and agree to the surgery, thinking it may be too traumatic for my daughter Kasanndra. Given all the details of what she will go through my husband and i need to come to a decision regarding the surgery. We can wait and see if it gets any worse but we all feel it would, in the long run, be easier for her now. The doctor assures us that she will require surgery at some point in her life. Would it be better now or later?
I am looking for anyone who has either been through this, known anyone who has had the surgery, or has any type of advice to help our family make a final decision. I am also willing to get in contact with anyone who is in this very same predicament. I would be grateful for any type of input.
Thanks, Karey (Desperate)
Worried sick, i am terrified to go ahead and agree to the surgery, thinking it may be too traumatic for my daughter Kasanndra. Given all the details of what she will go through my husband and i need to come to a decision regarding the surgery. We can wait and see if it gets any worse but we all feel it would, in the long run, be easier for her now. The doctor assures us that she will require surgery at some point in her life. Would it be better now or later?
I am looking for anyone who has either been through this, known anyone who has had the surgery, or has any type of advice to help our family make a final decision. I am also willing to get in contact with anyone who is in this very same predicament. I would be grateful for any type of input.
Thanks, Karey (Desperate)
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