Originally posted by leahdragonfly
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So, I am in no way *faulting* people for not bracing. Again, I doubt we'd have successfully braced, given my son's aversions. I'm really just trying to work out how effective these various treatments are in order to present a clear picture to people who do feel like bracing, or VBS, or something else is a reasonable option for them. Some kids, who are not like my son, actually seem comforted by a nighttime brace. Again, that wouldn't have been the case for my kid, but I certainly accept that it could be true for someone else.
My son, OTOH, *could* have tolerated VBS (had he been a candidate). For some reason, going under did not scare him at all. But the experimental nature of it would have been very hard for me (again, just because of my personal characteristics). He would have decided, as he does, and I would have (quietly) freaked out (as I do).
So, in these discussion, I'm not trying to advocate (although I know I often seem to be). I'm trying to parse out the personal part (can your kid tolerate it) from the medical part (does it work) to create a fuller picture for all of these things so that someone else can make a decision based on the best information available.
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