Hi,
My 14 yr. old daughter just got a brace Wednesday for Scheuermann's kyphosis. She seems to be handling it well. She went to school yesterday and although she is a bit uncomfortable getting used to it she managed to stay the day, even after our long 2 day trip to Shriner's.
Her curve had gone from 70 degress in late August to 80 degrees Wednesday. The dr. discussed surgery because of her age and the little amount of growing time she has left. But after doing an x-ray to see how flexiable her spine was (they could straighten her spine to 100%, so that was good) it was decided to brace.
Daughter has a good attitude about this. My problem is my husband. He is having trouble seeing her go through this and for some reason wants to blame me. He say's hurtful things to me like "If you didn't take her to the dr. so much...." "You wanted her to be braced. You could have just let nature take its course." etc. etc. I NEVER wanted to see her go through this! His remarks from the beginning have made me feel he thinks it's my fault DD has this problem. What can I do? I think he wants to ignore the problem...but I feel we have to do what we can for our daughter. I'm hurt and confused by his attitude. This is hard enough without his full support.
Confused,
Mary
My 14 yr. old daughter just got a brace Wednesday for Scheuermann's kyphosis. She seems to be handling it well. She went to school yesterday and although she is a bit uncomfortable getting used to it she managed to stay the day, even after our long 2 day trip to Shriner's.
Her curve had gone from 70 degress in late August to 80 degrees Wednesday. The dr. discussed surgery because of her age and the little amount of growing time she has left. But after doing an x-ray to see how flexiable her spine was (they could straighten her spine to 100%, so that was good) it was decided to brace.
Daughter has a good attitude about this. My problem is my husband. He is having trouble seeing her go through this and for some reason wants to blame me. He say's hurtful things to me like "If you didn't take her to the dr. so much...." "You wanted her to be braced. You could have just let nature take its course." etc. etc. I NEVER wanted to see her go through this! His remarks from the beginning have made me feel he thinks it's my fault DD has this problem. What can I do? I think he wants to ignore the problem...but I feel we have to do what we can for our daughter. I'm hurt and confused by his attitude. This is hard enough without his full support.
Confused,
Mary
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