Update on Haley...home from B'ham

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Hi Everyone,

I posted Tuesday about us heading back to B'ham so Dr.Khoury could

look at Haley's cast. I thought it was too short.

Dr. Khoury looked at the cast and said that it seemed to have a good

anchor around her pelvis but he still wanted an x-ray. When we left

the hospital 2 weeks ago he said the cast was holding her at 20

degrees. The x-ray he took Wednesday showed it was holding her at 22

degrees. He debated about what to do...if he should leave the cast on

her 2-3 more weeeks, or take the cast off and let her have 2 weeks

without it. ***He was not super excited about her curve out of cast

being 26 degrees, and the cast only holding her at 22 degrees. He

basically said that the cast wasn't doing a whole lot for her, with

only 4 degrees difference. He HOPES that the 2 weeks of freedom will

loosen her spine up a bit, and that he will get her below 20 degrees

in the next cast.(The lowest # in cast she's ever been at is 20

degrees) We are HOPING this works for her. He always stresses to us

just how rigid her spine is and that he pushes it as far as he can

with each cast. Has anyone else ever experienced this...where you

can't get past a certain # in cast? He said her rotation is " not bad "

Then Dr. Khoury discussed bracing with us. Then he sat there a minute

and said never mind, that he wasn't quite ready to give up (casting)

on Haley. So, maybe he still has high hopes for her??? Any thoughts?

Misty and Haley