Continued beating of that dead horse...
The wacky bunch at the Scoliosis Research Society state the following on their web site...
http://www.srs.org/patients/adolesce.../treatment.php
The patient can perform regular daily activities and generally returns to school in 3-4 weeks.
So in addition to our surgeon, we see the good folks at both Scottish Rite and at SRS appear to think kids "usually" and "generally" return to school in 3-4 weeks. Additionally, our orthopod, who did some training at Scottish rite and is a member of the SRS told us a similar time frame. Despite not being a member of the SRS, our surgeon also agrees. He was recommended by our orthopod and indeed, he appears on recent list of doctors who other doctors would go to themselves. That is in keeping with fact that our surgeon is treating our orthopod's daughter for scoliosis.
So other than some testimonials here, it all appears to be consistent with the 3-4 week time frame. I don't understand the longer trajectories as posted on this site in light of all these claims to shorter trajectories by folks who do so many surgeries. It doesn't seem to be due to complications so I'm at a loss.
Yesterday, one week out, Savannah walked a mile and then sat for an hour at the computer. I'm guessing the key to a quick recovery might be walking (as opposed to sitting at the computer!). Or so it seems. We will see how things play out.
sharon
The wacky bunch at the Scoliosis Research Society state the following on their web site...
http://www.srs.org/patients/adolesce.../treatment.php
The patient can perform regular daily activities and generally returns to school in 3-4 weeks.
So in addition to our surgeon, we see the good folks at both Scottish Rite and at SRS appear to think kids "usually" and "generally" return to school in 3-4 weeks. Additionally, our orthopod, who did some training at Scottish rite and is a member of the SRS told us a similar time frame. Despite not being a member of the SRS, our surgeon also agrees. He was recommended by our orthopod and indeed, he appears on recent list of doctors who other doctors would go to themselves. That is in keeping with fact that our surgeon is treating our orthopod's daughter for scoliosis.
So other than some testimonials here, it all appears to be consistent with the 3-4 week time frame. I don't understand the longer trajectories as posted on this site in light of all these claims to shorter trajectories by folks who do so many surgeries. It doesn't seem to be due to complications so I'm at a loss.
Yesterday, one week out, Savannah walked a mile and then sat for an hour at the computer. I'm guessing the key to a quick recovery might be walking (as opposed to sitting at the computer!). Or so it seems. We will see how things play out.
sharon
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