Concerned Dad, How did it go? We might have seen each other and not known it. Too bad. We were there yesterday. What time was your appointment? We were the first appointment (1pm ish) and the couple other families that arrived around when we did spoke french. However when we left, there were some other families in the room - perhaps you were one of them.
We had a good appointment. Katie's curves are basically holding steady in brace. They were measured at 2T and 5L which is actually a degree less than the last appointment. Of course there is the margin of error, but I have to say when I saw the xrays side by side her current xray did look a teeny bit straighter. I tell you, I was convinced it was bigger so this is a big relief. I think what it might have been is that since her thoracic curve is barely visible, that the lower curve looked bigger in comparison? Maybe that's what caught my eye?
Next week we are going to get out of brace xrays. Dr. Rivard doesn't find them necessary this soon in a situation such as katie's , but we're just doing it independently for our own edification. Since her correction has been mostly holding steady - yet it's too soon for corrections to become permanent (I think they have found that takes a minimum of 2 years), I would guess her curve after a couple days out of brace would be pretty close (plus or minus) to her original curve of 19/13 degrees? But we'll see soon enough....
We had a good appointment. Katie's curves are basically holding steady in brace. They were measured at 2T and 5L which is actually a degree less than the last appointment. Of course there is the margin of error, but I have to say when I saw the xrays side by side her current xray did look a teeny bit straighter. I tell you, I was convinced it was bigger so this is a big relief. I think what it might have been is that since her thoracic curve is barely visible, that the lower curve looked bigger in comparison? Maybe that's what caught my eye?
Next week we are going to get out of brace xrays. Dr. Rivard doesn't find them necessary this soon in a situation such as katie's , but we're just doing it independently for our own edification. Since her correction has been mostly holding steady - yet it's too soon for corrections to become permanent (I think they have found that takes a minimum of 2 years), I would guess her curve after a couple days out of brace would be pretty close (plus or minus) to her original curve of 19/13 degrees? But we'll see soon enough....
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