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Lisa,
That is wonderful news!!!! Im so glad everything is going well for you. lucky u got out of STL yesterday its raining here all day ,pretty dreary...LOL
My sons 1year appt is Monday, IM hoping...

Thanks everyone... Kath to bad we missed you by a day or two! Funny how we think alike I asked him too about the fusion just xray but apparently its different then what they take the other ones with?...

My son had his 4month post op With Dr. Bridwell today , all went well. He does still want my son to use walker for any distance walking but for short walks in house or school he can go without. He...

IM in Hazelwood Mo we got 11-12inches..you are lucky you got out, supposed to snow again tomorrow with about 2 more inches then Sunday into Monday we are hearing another 3-6 inches!!!! ugh. My son...

My son recieved the iv nutrition he lost about 10lbs during the first 2 weeks, we had hard time getting him to eat /drink after surgery is why they started him on it. Then it took about 2 days after...

Hello,
sounds like everything went great!!!
My son had the wake up test too, from the time they started monitoring him he never showed any signs on the right side, they think that may have been...

Hello,
I have been off of the forum for few weeks and just catching up, I see your son had his surgery last week and no updates I hope everything went well & a speedy recovery :)

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when my son was diagnosed at 4yrs old it was full cord so we really dont know anything before then, it is now drained as much as it will ever be , hopefully it stays that way. Most of the...

My sons syrinx was a holocord syrinx, entire spinal cord width and diameter, his shunt is at T7-T8 they did go into his cord and make a incision to place the tubing to drain the syrinx it has drained...

Hello, My son is 11yrs old and just had surgery 8weeks ago. My son was diagnosed at 4 with chiari,syringomyelia and scolio, you said your son had a stent? may I ask was it for his spine or the flow...

thanks Karen, the news they are home and she is recovering is GREAT,,,:)

was this the last update on Brenda? Anything new that I missed? I had to take a break from the forums but I was thinking about Brenda.
Thanks

Great news Lisa!!! Cams appt is next Monday and we are hoping to ditch the walker too! :)

My son too has had weird hip pain, tailbone, shoulder here some days and gone others I think it just comes with the realignment :D

Good Luck Junosand & have a safe trip... are you getting your central line & surgery all in one day? My sons first followup is tomorrow and we will be at Dr. Bridwells office in the morning...

Wonderful news ! thanks for the great update :)

my thoughts are with you today :)

we are just about 2 weeks out from surgery , just got home yesterday , my sons shoulder has been bothering him since day 2, the doctors said it is normal , hopefully everything checks out for Chey.:)

I dont have and advice for you ...just wanted to say I hope you get past this soon and get back to moving forward with recovery :)

My son just had surgery 2 days ago with Dr. Bridwell he didnt have that halo before surgery but they used it during his surgery. My sons curve was at 53 , Im not sure what it is now.

Surgery is over , everything went very smooth, he can wiggle toes and move his legs. Thanks everyone for all the thoughts,well wishes and prayers.:D

Last year after he has his surgery for shunt in...

Gayle, I did just get the call its half over they are on the last screw :) everything is going fine and still as planned ... I get a little nervous wondering sometime if the doctor will tell me...

Thank you everyone , it has been rough morning, he has some anxiety problems and of course they kicked in full force today , I was so happy to see them give him some meds for that cause everytime he...

wow, I have never heard of anything like this doctors canceling I can see anyone would be mad, Hopefully this can get worked out... Im so sorry Mike
I myself almost canceled last week because of...

Mike, My son had his central line today and it went well, he was a little scared poor guy , he didnt cry though and we are home and he isnt complaining of any pain so Im sure yours will go fine...